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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
Gr 3–5—In his first venture into animal fantasy, Peck weaves a delicious tale of three mice—Helena, Louise, and Beatrice—and their troublesome brother, Lamont. Their ordered life in the Hudson Valley home of the socially inept Cranston family is thrown into turmoil as they find themselves on an ocean voyage, accompanying their unwitting humans who are hoping to marry off their elder daughter in England. Helena, who has assumed the parental role since their father was killed by a barn cat and their m...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2011
The rodent world meets Upstairs, Downstairs in this rollicking comedy of manners that begs to be read aloud. Downstairs, we have the observant, careful oldest mouse sister Helena and her quite-a-bit-less-prudent siblings, running around in the night with God knows whom. Upstairs, the social-climbing human Cranstons are in a swivet over the spinster status of oldest daughter Olive. The Cranstons decide to take an ocean voyage to Europe hoping to snag a husband for Olive, and Helena realizes that (Heaven forbi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
In this rollicking comedy of manners, the social-climbing Cranstons (human) take an ocean voyage to Europe hoping to snag a husba...Log In or Sign Up to Read More