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.

• ISBN: 9780394809144
• Published: 2006 , Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Themes: fable, Friendship, mouse, toy
• Descriptors: Europe, Fantasy, Italy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 40