The Mouse Bride

Title

en_US The Mouse Bride

Description

en_US First printing

en_US Story by Joy Cowley

Creator

en_US Cowley, Joy See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Christiana, David

Date

2016-01-25T19:29:14Z

en_US 2004-10

en_US 1995

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:29:14Z

Date Issued

en_US 1995

Abstract

en_US This version starts differently from other versions I know of the Mouse Bride story. Here it is about a mouse who hated being a mouse. Marrying someone strong is a way to overcome her being small and weak. At least she will have strong children. She--not her parents--sets out to find the strongest husband in the world--after she has donned her wedding veil. First she comes to a mountaintop close to the sun and asks the sun to marry her. The sun refers her to the stronger cloud. The illustrations personify each of these characters nicely. The sequence of references moves along from the cloud to the wind and to a tall wooden house. The latter is for me a new and added element. The house, once he wakes up, mentions a creature who nibbles and gnaws at his timbers. Of course this final creature is a mouse. Text and picture make the mouse into a plucky little creature with a lot of spirit.

Identifier

en_US 590475045

en_US 5180 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/80751

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Scholastic Inc

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.1.C8385 Mu 1995 See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole