Arcadia Public Library

"Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering...

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young boy's day. Includes "The Great Cookie Chase" board game on back lining papers.

The gifts of Magic Frog and his own hopeful and unselfish spirit bring Jumping Mouse finally to the Far-Off Land where no mouse goes hungry.

When Audrey, a spirited town mouse, reluctantly keeps a promise to accompany a black rat to the country, she witnesses the return of a supernatural evil she thought had been destroyed.

The Deptford Mice and their allies rush once again into battle with old enemies, grown much more powerful, as a devastatingly cold winter threatens to keep the Green Mouse from returning in the spring.

While on a rescue mission, a few daring mice journey below to the sewers to an evil world populated by rats who peel mice before eating them and worship the Dark Lord.

An unwanted visitor causes trouble for Mrs. Tittlemouse until she finds a way to keep him out of her house.

Two mouse brothers find it difficult to live together until a cat threatens to do away with one of them.

Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter. "While other mice are gathering food for the winter, Frederick seems to daydream the summer away. When dreary weather comes, it is Frederick the poet-mouse who warms his friends and cheers them with his words".-Wilson Library Bulletin. Illustrated. A field mouse appears to be ignoring the coming of winter, but actually he is not. Illus. In full color.

Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.