A very sweet, fun and imaginative book about the many uses animals in the woods think a book is for--is it a hat for a bear? a table for a family of mice on a picnic?--before they learn that a book's main purpose is for reading. The illustrations are just wonderful, I love the whimsy, the humor...
I read the Spanish version, El Libro Fantástico, in my continuing adventure to learn Spanish as an adult.This book is AWESOME. Several forest animals find a book and use it in various ingenuous ways. Of course, I'm partial to the little rats gathering around the book using it as a "mesa" becaus...
In this second installment in the Deptford Mice Trilogy, Audrey makes a deal with the mysterious Starwife that she will journey to the countryside, taking the mad rat Madam Akkikuyu with her, in exchange for the Starwife saving her friend Oswald’s life. The two of them set off with her brother A...