Gorgeously
illustrated you would almost forgive these six sleepy mice if you found them in
in your kitchen, they are so cute.
This
beautifully written tale of friendship and adventure is brought to life with
the fast-paced rhyming and hilarious situations.
The
story centres around six sleepy mice who discover a banquet of food in a
kitchen cupboard. They celebrate by gorging themselves on nuts, popping corn
and anything else they can get their furry little noses into.
After
overeating the mice seek a nice warm spot to sleep off all this decadence. That
is until Mum arrives to bake and they are disturbed. Thinking they have
escaped; they scamper into a laundry hamper. But they soon find themselves
thrown into the wash with the clothes.
Desperate
to evade capture and to find a safe place to sleep, the sleepy mice discover
the boy’s bedroom. The bedroom is cluttered with monster trucks, bugs in jars
and stuffed animals, the perfect place to sleep. Nestling down next to the
animals, preparing to go to sleep, the mice receive another shock, the biggest
stuffed animal drools on them and the boys arrive home.
Will
the six sleepy mice escape this latest situation to locate a safe comfy place
to rest their sleepy furry heads?
Australian
author Heidi Cooper Smith has managed to combine her artistic talent
with her carefully crafted story to create a picture book that will appeal and
be loved by all children. Children’s librarians especially will love reading
this book for story times, it works great with the addition of mice finger
puppets.
Title: Six Sleepy Mice
Author/Illustrator: Heidi Cooper Smith
Publisher: Little Pink Dog Books, $24.95
Publication Date: 1 September 2019
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780648256359
For ages: 4+
Type: Picture Books
