After being sold to an unscrupulous pet store owner, a young mouse lives with several owners and has many adventures, before ending up with an appreciative family.

After being sold to an unscrupulous pet store owner, a young mouse lives with several owners and has many adventures, before ending up with an appreciative family.

"Tell me a story, Daddy Dodd," my daughter would say, and my father would. From the moment she could talk, she loved to ask for stories, and that is how the world of Christopher Mouse began. Christopher Mouse is a field mouse living under a large rock in the middle of a sprawling meadow. The books follow Christopher Mouse through the meadow as he makes new friends, deals with predators, floods, fear and success, and helps make the world a little better along the way. In this book, Christopher Mouse saves Mr. Hedgehog from Mr. Fox. Mr. Hedgehog returns the favor by improving Christopher Mouse's burrow. Along the way, they become friends and set the stage for many stories to come. I wanted to capture these childhood stories and share them with other children because they have helped my daughter frame many real-world struggles and deal with fear, anxiety, friendships, and morals. After one of the first big floods in Houston, she looked outside and exclaimed that "the Barn Rats had made a huge mess overnight" and there would be some major cleaning up to do. The story she was referencing helped her give the flood a context and, just like the barnyard, she knew that the damage would be repaired, and order restored eventually, and, in the meantime, she was not afraid. But that story comes later. For now, smell the clover and take a short trip through the meadow with Christopher Mouse and Mr. Hedgehog.

A trusted advisor to the Emperor Charlemagne uses a small mouse and some ingenuity to expose the misdeeds of a greedy Lord Mayor.

My book is about LGBT monsters trying to find a place in the world, and they find themselves caught in battles and wars on their travels as they try and find a place where they belong.

A very special mouse escapes from a lab to find his missing family in this charming story of survival, determination, and the power of friendship. What makes Isaiah so unique? First, his fur is as blue as the sky—which until recently was something he'd never seen, but had read all about. That's right: Isaiah can read and write. He can also talk to humans . . . if any of them are willing to listen! After a dramatic escape from a mysterious laboratory, Isaiah is separated from his "mischief" (which is the word for a mouse family) and has to survive in the dangerous outdoors, and hopefully find his missing family. But in a world of cruel cats, hungry owls, and terrified people, it's hard for a young, lone mouse to make it alone. When he meets an equally unusual and lonely human girl named Hailey, the two soon learn that true friendship can transcend all barriers.

With the delightful feel of a lost (and found) classic, this is the story of a rather extraordinary mouse who, through the force of will and good luck, finds his own small way in a very large world. Illustrations.