The Cat and the Mice

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Here is the first of two extra copies bought at the same time. Good, lively art in a well-told story. The book starts the story with a wonderful picture of the large family of mice not peaceful and happy. There is a wealth of anthropomorphic detail here in the description of the mouse family's life. They eat eggs for breakfast, the children practice the piano, and the father smokes a pipe. Mother mouse gets the bright idea. Grandmother mouse puts it down. The moral: Great ideas aren't great unless you think them through. Little black-and-white designs set off the text pages that alternate with full-page colored art. Fine work!