Milly and Tilly: The Story of a Town Mouse and a Country Mouse

Title

en_US Milly and Tilly: The Story of a Town Mouse and a Country Mouse

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US By Kate Summers

Creator

en_US Summers, Kate

Contributor

en_US Kneen, Maggie

Date

2016-01-25T20:05:34Z

en_US 2011-07

en_US 1997

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:05:34Z

Date Issued

en_US 1997

Abstract

en_US I had presumed that this inexpensive copy I picked up in Powell's was a repeat, but there are differences from the edition by the same publisher in the same year that I had catalogued earlier -- after also finding it at Powell's. That edition was printed in Italy, advertised itself as the First American Edition, and had a slightly larger format. This one says, on the verso of the title-page, that it is reprinted by permission of Dutton Children's Books but does not mention any other publisher. The price went up from $14.99 for that edition to $15.99 for this. That edition has a dust jacket, while this one does not. Pagination is identical, but the format of any given page tends to shrink open spaces. Let me include comments I made then. This is an engaging and playful retelling of TMCM. Tilly does her mousework every morning before breakfast in a human-like home inside a tree. Forewarned by a letter that Milly will visit, she begins cooking and cleans again and then worries when Milly does not show up until 6 P.M. They kiss noses, and Milly explains that a snail has carried her bags. Milly eats a great deal but misses cheese. She has trouble sleeping. She stays for several days and is frightened by bees and sheep. She invites Tilly to come back with her. Milly lives inside a dollhouse, but does no cooking there. The treats offered include, of course, cheese, but the cat arrives before they can eat anything. The cat chases them all the way back to the dollhouse. Each mouse likes her own way of life. Tilly runs all the way back home and settles in comfortably to think about her adventures. The picturing is done with lavish and loving detail. Perhaps the single most impressive illustration is that of the dollhouse.

Identifier

en_US 7465 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/82735

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US Dutton Children's Books

en_US New York

Subject

en_US PZ8.2.S95 Mi 1997b

en_US One fable

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole