Theme: mouse

Mouse & Lion

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

On a ridge above the Kalihari, Lion naps, until Mouse bumbles into him, willy-nilly, startling him awake. After a show of teeth, Lion is softened by Mouse’s pledge of loyalty and sets him free. When a cold moon brings a humbling lesson, Lion comes to recognize Mouse’s keen skill, and deeper kindness.

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The Mouse Couple

By Book Importer | Published: October 13, 2011

A mouse couple, in search of the mightiest husband for their daughter, approach the sun, the clouds, the wind, and a butte, before the unexpected victor finally appears.

Descriptors: Folklore, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Picture Book, United States of America » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Cat And Mouse In The Night

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

Their inattentiveness strands a little mouse and a little cat in the meadow after dark, where their fear turns into a wonderful discovery, in a fable that confronts children’s fear of the dark.

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Cat And Mouse In The Rain

By Book Importer | Published: June 27, 2011

Despite the warnings of their sisters and brothers, a little mouse and a little cat enjoy playing in the rain with a frog.

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Five Nice Mice

By Book Importer | Published: June 14, 2011

Five nice mice are sitting in the garden one night when Baba hears faint music in the distance. What can this wonderful sound be? They decide to go and find out, and they discover a fabulous frog concert. But mice aren’t allowed in. So they return home and decide to form an orchestra of their [...]

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Nicolas, Where Have You Been?

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

When the young mouse Nicolas sets out across the great meadow alone in search of ripe red berries, he is grabbed up by the claws of a huge bird and carried high into the sky. But that is only the beginning of Nicolas’s adventure. How he gets the berries he was hoping to find, and [...]

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Italy, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wants to be just like him until he discovers that Willy is to be thrown away.

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Elephant Soup

By Book Importer | Published: June 9, 2011

Feeling sad, Mouse decides to ask some mice friends to help whisk up a special batch of soup as a way to feel better.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Fantasy, Germany, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

Noah and the Devil: A Legend of Noah’s Ark from Romania

By Book Importer | Published: May 5, 2011

In this Romanian folk version of the Noah story, getting the animals to march, two by two, onto the ark is the easy part–it was persuading his wife to come aboard that gave Noah a headache. And when he snapped, “Oh, you devil, come in!,” that gave the Devil himself just the invitation he needed. [...]

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The Dream Mouse

By Book Importer | Published: April 5, 2011

The Dream Mouse drives his cart with its load of sleep through the darkening village, bringing wondrous dreams to all the children.

Descriptors: Early Years (ages 2-6), Europe, Folklore, Latvia, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment