Set off on an amazing quest with this lovable orphaned mouse. The tiniest mouse in the Royal Mews is such a mystery he doesn’t even know his own name! He scampers off on a epic adventure in and around Buckingham Palace with a plan to seek the advice of Queen Victoria. The exhilarating journey takes him to strange and wonderful places, but will it help him discover who he is and where he came from? This delightful follow-up to the acclaimed Secrets at Sea from Newbery Medal winner Richard Peck is full of laughs, surprises and excitement. “This clever yarn should delight fans of animal adventure stories.” —Booklist, starred review “Readers will gleefully suspend disbelief as they trace Mouse Minor’s exciting journey.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

This story came about one winter evening while I was watching television in my living room in our gray stone house in King George County Virginia. Suddenly a little tiny gray mouse with an exceptionally long tail flew around the edge of the entry way into our living room. He ran like wind along the base board of the room and down into our heating registers and into the heating ducks of our home. I don't believe I have ever seen a mouse with such a long tail. I tried to catch him but was unable to because he was so tiny in his body and lightweight that he could run like the wind with his long, long tail swishing back and forth and from side to side as he ran. This inspired me to make up this story about Sulon the Mouse with His Tail Too Long. I believe this story will be enjoyed by both parents and children and grandparents alike, who will read this book for themselves or to their children or grandchildren. It also teaches us not to be so cruel to others as we never know when their kind behavior is worth more than all our cruel behavior could ever be. Remember in the Bible: Hebrew 13:12, "Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angles unaware."

TEACHES KIDS ABOUT NOAHS FLOOD AND SHOWING THEM THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PLACE IN GODS KINGDOM UNIQUELY THEIR OWN

Anatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftovers, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family--but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper. And so he heads for the tasting room at the Duvall Cheese Factory. On each cheese, he leaves a small note--"good," "not so good," "needs orange peel"--and signs his name. When workers at the Duvall factory find his notes in the morning, they are perplexed--but they realize that this mysterious Anatole has an exceptional palate and take his advice. Soon Duvall is making the best cheese in all of Paris! They would like to give Anatole a reward--if only they could find him...

What happens when the bottlenecks that stand between supply and demand in our culture go away and everything becomes available to everyone? "The Long Tail" is a powerful new force in our economy: the rise of the niche. As the cost of reaching consumers drops dramatically, our markets are shifting from a one-size-fits-all model of mass appeal to one of unlimited variety for unique tastes. From supermarket shelves to advertising agencies, the ability to offer vast choice is changing everything, and causing us to rethink where our markets lie and how to get to them. Unlimited selection is revealing truths about what consumers want and how they want to get it, from DVDs at Netflix to songs on iTunes to advertising on Google. However, this is not just a virtue of online marketplaces; it is an example of an entirely new economic model for business, one that is just beginning to show its power. After a century of obsessing over the few products at the head of the demand curve, the new economics of distribution allow us to turn our focus to the many more products in the tail, which collectively can create a new market as big as the one we already know. The Long Tail is really about the economics of abundance. New efficiencies in distribution, manufacturing, and marketing are essentially resetting the definition of what's commercially viable across the board. If the 20th century was about hits, the 21st will be equally about niches.

When Catland Security shows up on suspicion of Mrs. Marlowe being a mouse sympathizer, she must use style and wit to save her mice from certain doom. Full color.