The Supermarket Mice

A cat and mouse story with a difference. When Trevor, Sid and Mabel discover thay have mice loose in their supermarket they enlist the help of Bounce, a rather rotund moggy, to rid them of the problem; and sure enough there are no more nibbled biscuits or leaking rice packets or other tell-tale signs of the 'Supermarket Mice'. This is thanks not to Bounce's mousing skill but rather to his insatiable appetite for almost everything.

A highly amusing easy-to-read book. By showing us the action from two viewpoints - the adult world of Trevor, Sidney and Mabel, and the secret viewpoint of the mice - Margaret Gordon makes the story so much more enjoyable but at the same time shows the learner reader the particular way he or she must approach this book. Her illustrations are crammed with amusing details and even I, with a strong aversion to cats, couldn't help but warm to Bounce with his blissful demeanour as he is spoonfed by his 'should be' prey.