Mouse House by John Burningham
Published by Candlewick Press (MA) on September 18th 2018
ISBN: 1536200395
Pages: 32
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A family lives in a beautiful house where every evening after supper the children go to bed. They think they are the only family in the  house.  However, a family of mice comes out to look for food and play every night after the human family has gone to bed.  The mouse children are warned not to be seen by humans but one day they are discovered. The human father decides to get rid of the mice but the children warn the mice. So, the mice move outside and the children watch them play at night. The human children are kind to the little mice and make them toys to play on.  Then Winter comes and the mice are nowhere to be seen outside. The story ends with the discovery of a mouse inside, but the secret is safe with the children.  The illustrations are charming and whimsical and are set off against plenty of white space.  A gentle story about kindness that will appeal to toddlers to young readers.

Reviewed by Terri Bauld, Louis T. Graves Memorial Public Library, Kennebunkport, ME