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The Bookstore Mouse
By Christian, Peggy & Lippincott, Gary A.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-15200-203-9
- Publisher
- San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1995.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 1995
Gr 4-6 This witty fantasy's creative use of wordplay is reminiscent of Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth (Knopf, 1972). Cervantes, the mouse inhabitant of an antiquarian bookstore, literally lives on words. His home lies behind the books in the reference section, and he eats delicious-sounding terms peeled out of cookbooks. His favorite activity is finding verbal ways to torment the resident cat. One day, Cervantes's wor...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
