Imprint: Red Fox Picture Books
Published: 07/06/2018
ISBN: 9781782955573
Length: 32 Pages
Dimensions: 282mm x 3mm x 219mm
Weight: 190g
RRP: £6.99
In the house there lives a family: a mum, a dad, a girl and a boy. But they are not alone; a secret mouse family is living there too, who only come out when everyone else is asleep.
One day they are spotted and the mouse catcher is called ... Will they escape in time?
A story of home and hope from picture-book genius, John Burningham.
Imprint: Red Fox Picture Books
Published: 07/06/2018
ISBN: 9781782955573
Length: 32 Pages
Dimensions: 282mm x 3mm x 219mm
Weight: 190g
RRP: £6.99
The great John Burningham makes picture books whose sophistication is wrapped in simplicity. This is true of the images, whose unfussy beauty and wibbly line are executed with unwavering skill. This story, of mice who are forewarned to escape a mouse-catcher, embraces the importance of protecting strangers from harm.
Here's one to squeak and squeak about... Mouse House is packed with themes: children v parents; empathy v tolerance; why you should think before you speak, or squeak. It's a serious story that might also be about the treatment of immigrants, the narrow-mindedness of the old and the infuriating naivety of youth - or it could just be about a failed attempt to kill rodents.