Ralph S. Mouse
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On the cover of this issue we feature a selection of illustrations from the Walker Books List. Can you identify the artists? (Answers below). We are grateful for the help from Walker Books in using this material.
1. Helen Oxenbury (First Picture Books).
2. Shirley Hughes (Nursery Collection).
3. John Burningham (First Words).
4. Patrick Benson (William Mayne's Hob Stories).
5. Kenneth Lilly (Large as Life).
6. Nicola Bayley (Copycats).
7. Philippe Dupasquier (Little Robert).
8. E. J. Taylor (Biscuits, Buttons and Pickles).
9. Jan Ormerod (Baby Books).
10. Colin McNaughton (Allan Ahlberg's Red Nose Readers).
11. Helen Craig (Susie and Alfred).
12. Peter Cross (David Lloyd's Dinosaur Days).
Titles are of the series, not individual books.
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Ralph S. Mouse
Illustrated by Paul O Zelinsky
Ralph the rodent, previously featured in The Mouse and the Motorcycle and Runaway Ralph, also in Puffin, decides to leave home and see the world. He settles in the Irwin J. Sneed Elementary School, which gives rise to some pithy, perceptive drawing of school life and characterisation from Ms Cleary. Readers of the Ramona stories will find a deeper, more poignant reading experience here. There's something pathetic about this little mouse in a human world --- especially when he is institutionalised as a school project! I read this as a serial last year with second year juniors and many of them found the earlier books on their own. There's a truthfulness and a vigour in the writing, too-rarely found in books for this age group.
