The Country Mouse and the City Mouse

Title

en_US The Country Mouse and the City Mouse

en_US Sommer-Time Story Classics

en_US STSC 4

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US First edition

en_US Retold by Carl Sommer

Creator

en_US Aesop

Contributor

en_US Noe, Ignacio

Date

2016-01-25T15:38:08Z

en_US 2014-08

en_US 2014

Date Available

2016-01-25T15:38:08Z

Date Issued

en_US 2014

Abstract

en_US The back cover advertises this and the other books of this series as award-winning motivational character-building picture books. The overall series, Sommer-Time Story Series, has won over forty national awards. The front cover promises fun but mentions also cheerfulness, appreciation, and peacefulness. This version of the story follows a regular pattern according to which the city mouse declares himself dissatisfied with the country alternative, and the country mouse says that he is eager to experience the city alternative. The pattern touches trees versus lawns and flowers, a tree house versus a mansion, one living room versus the other, seeds versus city food, and a straw bed versus the city's alternative. A nice finishing touch in the country visit is the country mouse's last minute offer of some freshly caught beetles! Because of a dog, the city mouse has to hurry and then crawl through a hole into his house; the country mouse has never experienced that kind of entry before. Noe's style emphasizes heads and their expressions. Perhaps his best picture here shows country mouse standing eagerly before cheese in a trap, while city mouse comes screaming up from a distance (29 and 1). A home with peace and safety is a much, much better place to live in than a house with plenty and danger (32). This particular series, Sommer-Time Story Classics, contains some twelve fable books. This library edition has a cloth reinforced binding and is very sturdy. There are also video and read-along versions of these books with sound effects, and there are free online helps too.

Identifier

en_US 9781575370804 (library binding : alk. paper)

en_US 10148 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/76136

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Advance Publishing

en_US Houston, TX

Subject

en_US PZ8.S4187 Cou 2014

en_US One story

Type

en_US Book, Whole