City Mouse, Country Mouse

by Maggie Rudy, Maggie Rudy (Illustrator)

Overview

With remarkably detailed and beautifully crafted dioramas, Maggie Rudy retells the classic tale of the city mouse and the country mouse-with a new twist!

Country mouse Tansy is out picking berries when she comes upon visiting city mouse William Gray. They become fast friends, and Tansy returns to the city with Will for an adventure. But city life doesn't suit Tansy, so she returns to the country alone. Apart, neither friend is happy—so they meet in the middle and decide to settle in a little one-café town. And there they live mousily ever after! A beautiful picture book retelling of a classic folktale and a celebration of friendship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250194565
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	10/24/2017
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	107 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Maggie Rudy spent part of her childhood living in England, where she visited Beatrix Potter's farm on a formative third-grade field trip. She has since been making mice and their worlds out of felt and scavenged materials for more than twenty years. Her books include The House That Mouse Built, I Wish I Had a Pet, and City Mouse, Country Mouse. Maggie lives in Portland, Oregon.

Editorial Reviews

"Rudy's intricately constructed miniature tableaux of found materials and felted characters, photographed by her, offer much to pore over, and the double-page spreads depicting pastoral scenes, city streets, and their newfound in-between town are beautifully realized. Even the gestures of the two mice are carefully orchestrated to show emotion. Light and lilting prose complements the illustrations, which are clearly a labor of love." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review, on City Mouse, Country Mouse

"A heartwarming story of friendship is here, but the real standout are the illustrations. Inspired by a childhood trip to Beatrix Potter’s farm, Rudy has enjoyed creating mice and their worlds out of felt and found materials. These collages are beautifully detailed and children will pore over them repeatedly." —School Library Journal on City Mouse, Country Mouse

From the Publisher

★ 2017-08-02
A new twist on the classic Aesop fable. When Tansy Mouse meets William Gray, she leads him into her country world of strawberry patches, singing birds, buzzing bees, and fresh air, "soft and sweet." But when Will describes his city—the shops and restaurants and crowded sidewalks—and invites Tansy, "Come with me!…It'll be an adventure," Tansy sets off with him. But Tansy finds city life too crowded and noisy, and Will thinks the city too exciting to leave, so they part ways. However, they discover they were lonely without each other. So, as friends do, Tansy and Will find a compromise, set up housekeeping next to each other in a town between the country and the city, and live "mousily ever after." Rudy's intricately constructed miniature tableaux of found materials and felted characters, photographed by her, offer much to pore over, and the double-page spreads depicting pastoral scenes, city streets, and their newfound in-between town are beautifully realized. Even the gestures of the two mice are carefully orchestrated to show emotion. Light and lilting prose complements the illustrations, which are clearly a labor of love. There's always room for another take on a classic, especially when done so well. (Picture book. 4-8)

Kirkus Reviews