Debra (USA: OR) (2009/07/03): Description: One fine summer day, the Miggses, a family of field mice, find something strange in their nest. This "small gray and black bundle of fur and ears and legs" turns out to be a newborn kitten. The children beg their parents to adopt the homeless kitten and raise him as one of their own. So begins the charming tale of Mickey, the kitten who thought he was a mouse. Mickey begins to grow up as a mouse, learning to eat what mice eat, drinking from puddles-mice do not drink milk-and sleeping in a "cozy pile of brother and sister mice". The kitten's adventures as a mouse continue until one day he is discovered by the children of the house. What happens then provides a thoroughly satisfying ending to this sweet, appealing tale. Miriam Norton's delightful story is brought to life by the incomparable paintings of the renowned Garth Williams, who imbues the animals with almost human characteristics and with marvelously varied and lively facial expressions. This new edition of 'The Kitten Who Thought He Was A Mouse' is sure to become a classic, as Mickey and his mouse family enchant a new generation of readers.
