Town Mouse/Country Mouse

Title

en_US Town Mouse/Country Mouse

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US First impression

en_US Jan Brett

Creator

en_US Brett, Jan See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Brett, Jan

Date

2016-01-25T16:08:16Z

en_US 1994-11

en_US 1994

Date Available

2016-01-25T16:08:16Z

Date Issued

en_US 1994

Abstract

en_US I love this book! It is lavishly and carefully done. Do not miss the silks and jewels in the city and the woven patterns frequent in the country (even those depicted on the book's cover underneath the dust jacket). The borders of the illustrations are a treat in themselves, depicting things like tassels, buttons, cones, pasta shells, and postage stamps. The story has two couples discovering that there is no place like home. The enemies are parallel: the cat in the city and the owl in the country. The two mice couples meet and decide to trade houses. There are some wonderful touches of observation and imagination here. The town woman mistakes rain for a leaking bathtub. Her husband's colorful jacket attracts a predator bird. The two wipe soot from the city window to see the blue sky that reminds them of their country home. The cat falls from a stack of piled-up dishes. To the frightened country mice, the cat is an owl with teeth, and the owl is, to their counterparts, a cat with wings. The two predators collide as they are chasing the mice on the way back to their homes. As he comes to, the cat suggests to the owl that they trade places. I will keep in the collection a copy of the third impression, printed in Mexico. It came as a gift of MaryAnne Rouse, Dec., '94.

Identifier

en_US 399226222

en_US 1948 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/77514

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US G.P. Putnam's Sons

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.B6675 To 1994 See all items with this value

en_US Book containing one fable See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole