Christopher Mouse - by William Wise (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

A California Young Reader Medal Winner
A Texas Bluebonnet Master List Selection
A Bank Street Children's Book Committee Outstanding Children's Book of the Year
A Book Links Lasting Connection

In this award-winning, delightful lost (and found) classic, one mouse searches for a home to call his own.

Though his life begins "in a commonplace way," Christopher Mouse is not the least bit common. From his birth in an ordinary wire cage to his close encounter with a large cat in the Egyptian room at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Christopher proves an adventurer of the most intrepid sort--and a budding poet as well.

Through the force of will and good luck, this rather extraordinary mouse finds his own small way in a very large world.

Review Quotes

"The writing is nicely mannered but very accessible, making the book not only a winner for reading aloud but also a delightful offering for children moving past beginning readers." --Booklist, starred review

"Christopher Mouse may be small, but he has big adventures . . . his conversational account of his life will delight young readers." --School Library Journal

"Benson's highly textured, hatching-dense drawings enhance the slightly period flavor . . . Christopher and his brethren are engagingly and authentically portrayed." --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

About the Author

William Wise is the author of many books for children, including the picture books Ten Sly Piranhas and Dinosaurs Forever and the novel Nell of Branford Hall. He lives in New York City.

Patrick Benson won the Mother Goose Award for his illustration of William Mayne's Hob Stories. He has illustrated more than twenty books, including Owl Babies by Martin Waddell and Mole and the Baby Bird by Marjorie Newman, a Christopher Award winner.