Oscar Mouse Finds a Home

Oscar Mouse is tired of the noise and crowding of the family nest and decides to find his own house, where he can live in peace and quiet. The various adventures and misunderstanding he goes through are the basic of this beautifully illustrated book. The pictures are a delight and work in close partnership with the text in the way that the best picture book do. It is not a book for beginners, however. The text is quite complex and it requires a practised book child to 'read' the pictures and their relation to the story. My group of older middles and tops found it very satisfying and enjoyed Oscar's final solution to the problem of wanting to live alone and yet not be anti-social: give a big party and then make sure all the guests go home afterwards!