Dolly -- The Story of a London Mouse

This book owes more than a little to Dickens both in its setting - Victorian London --- and the storyline with its shades of Oliver Twist. Dolly Pocket's would-be suitor, Sim Twitcher, is one of a gang of burglars who work for her father stealing things from the humans in Fetter Lane. Mr Pocket, though, disapproves and sees to it that Sim is caught. But he reckons without the indomitable Dolly who rescues her friend and together they go in search of their future. Overall the book has a pleasing and enticing appearance with pretty period water-colours and well-spaced text all set within simple mouse-cornered borders. A good bet for those readers just going solo.