Mouse Time
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The January cover of BfK features an illustration from No More Television!, the latest title from Philippe Dupasquier who is the subject of this month's Authorgraph. The book is published by Andersen Press and we're grateful to them for their help in using this on our front cover.
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Mouse Time
Illustrated by Jane Pinkney
How lovely it is to see two classic tales, 'The Mouse Wife' and 'Mouse House', reissued in this new edition! The former, in particular, is dear to me as it was the first story I ever read aloud to my very first class when I began teaching in 1968. It was a touching, humorous and subtle experience then and time has not changed it one whit. The little mouse wife and her care for the imprisoned dove is told so quietly, but so interestingly, that the reader is caught and enchanted by it. The second story is less familiar, perhaps, but little Bonnie's search for shelter is just as memorable. Do introduce this book to a new generation of readers and listeners. They deserve it.
