Have a Good Trip, Mousse! - by Claire Lebourg (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The second volume of Mousse--a new series for early readers--follows Mousse and Barnacle on a trip to the beach, where the addition of a new friend makes Mousse jealous.

Mousse wakes up to a clap of thunder and pouring rain. He tries to enjoy his coffee in his favorite armchair, but the tide washes into his living room with wave after wave. When he goes out to the beach to collect the day's treasures, he doesn't find anything--or anyone. Where has everyone gone?

"They've all left for the South," a mussel calls out.

So Mousse decides to head South, too, to take a much deserved vacation. Surrounded by velvety sand and colorful shells, he invites his good friend Barnacle to join him. They relax on the beach, take a mud bath and a dip. Everything about the trip is going as planned, until Felix starts tagging along, and three feels like company . . .

Review Quotes

Praise for Have A Good Trip, Mousse!

"A charming outing...Lebourg once more speaks lovingly to the simple joys of quotidian life."--Kirkus Reviews

"This delectable story of friendship and holidays is one that young readers will connect with easily...A delightful import that will leave young readers eager to explore more of Mousse's adventures in the rest of the series."--School Library Journal

"The work that goes into friendship is what elevates the Mousse series into something special... [Lebourg] respects the reader and does not trivialize feelings of loneliness and jealousy. It is a rare ability to put emotions into concise text."--World Kid Lit

About the Author

After studying at the School of Decorative Arts in Strasbourg, Claire Lebourg now lives and works in Rennes. Since then, she has published several picture books, including How Dreadful!, and an early reading series. In addition to her work as an author-illustrator, she creates maps and posters and organizes talks and workshops for children and adults.

Sophie Lewis has translated works from French and Portuguese by Stendhal, Jules Verne, Marcel Aymé, Violette Leduc, Leïla Slimani, Mona Chollet and Annie Ernaux, as well as Natalia Borges Polesso, João Gilberto Noll, Sheyla Smanioto, Victor Heringer and Patrícia Melo, among others. With Gitanjali Patel, she co-founded the Shadow Heroes workshops enterprise. Lewis's translations have been shortlisted for the Scott Moncrieff and Republic of Consciousness prizes, and longlisted for the International Booker Prize. She was joint winner of the 2022 French-American Foundation prize for non-fiction translation, for Nastassja Martin's In the Eye of the Wild.