The Greentail Mouse

The beloved fable from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni!

Originally published in 1973, this is the offbeat fable of a city mouse who visits his peaceful country cousins and tells them about Mardi Gras in the city. The country mice are inspired to have their own Mardi Gras. And at first it is fun wearing their masks with sharp teeth and tusks and scaring each other, but after a while they begin believing that they really are ferocious animals.

Leo Lionni's winsome mice cavort across big double-page spreads of oil paintings and tell a story about what is real and what is not that is just right for preschoolers.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 02/11/2003
ISBN: 9780375823992
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 11.02h x 9.08w x 0.36d

Review Citations: PW Notes and Reprints 11/25/2002 pg. 70
Booklist 01/01/2003 pg. 907
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2003 pg. 331 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2003 pg. 331 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Publishers Weekly 11/25/2002

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 69427 / Greentail Mouse
Reading Level: 4.1 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5