Tails and Tales: Mice
Wild Symphony by Dan Brown
Invites children to travel through trees and across seas with Maestro Mouse and his musical friends, who visit with a sequence of animals on spreads that incorporate clues to a coded message.
Elevator Bird written and illustrated by Sarah Williamson
It takes a tight-knit team to keep the Hotel running smoothly, and Elevator Bird is at the center of it all. He helps people get where they need to go and has a kind word for everyone he meets. Elevator Bird makes everyone’s day brighter. So when he confesses to his friend Mousey that he’s always longed for a room with a view, Mousey wants to make it happen. All of Elevator Bird’s friends hatch a secret plan to make sure Elevator Bird has the nest he deserves.
EEK! a noisy journey from A to Z written by Julie Hofstrand Larios
This busy mouse is definitely on a mission, but where is he going? Let’s follow him and find out!”–Publisher.
A mouse takes a journey through the alphabet, told entirely with sounds and pictures.
My Best Friend written and illustrated by Rob Hodgson
Meet Mouse! Mouse lives in the tree with his best friend… Giant Owl. They used to do the most fun stuff imaginable! They’d play chase and Giant Owl would nearly catch Mouse, but not quite. Giant Owl loved Mouse so much that she used to give him as many doughnuts as he wanted and the most amazing presents, including his own house (a cage)! But then one day something happened, and now Mouse has found himself stuck in a very dark place… will his best friend help come to his rescue? This deliciously dark tale of a mouse and the ‘best friend’ who wants to eat him will delight fans of Rob’s previous books, The Cave and The Woods.
Red House, Tree house, Little Bitty Brown Mouse written by Jane Godwin
In this rhyming story, a young mouse makes her way around the world, introducing colors.
Paper Mice written by Megan Wagner Lloyd
One night, two newly-made paper mice separately explore a dark house, finding each other along the way and discovering a shared love of adventure.
The Piano Recital written and illustrated by Akiko Miyakoshi
It’s the day of Momo’s very first piano recital, and she is terribly nervous. Today is the day of a little mouseling’s very first performance, too, and she’s just as nervous as Momo. The mouseling invites Mom to watch her performance. Momo follows the mouseling through a small door backstage, where she’s met with an amazing sight: an elaborate miniature theatre, and an audience of finely dressed mice! When the Grand Mouse-ter takes the stage, a hush falls over the crowd and a magical show unfolds – a circus, a magic act, acrobats! Momo is delighted. And when it’s the mouseling’s turn to take the stage, Momo soothes her little friend’s nerves – her own now long forgotten – and accompanies her on piano. As Momo finishes her piece and gives a bow, she’s surprised to see that her audience isn’t furry and miniature, but human! And they’re all clapping – for her! A proud Momo is quite sure she can hear mouse paw-clapping, too…