Time To Go House

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My mom got this as a library discard when I was a kid, and I always loved it growing up. Smalleata is a mouse whose clan moves into the human house across the field when winter comes (and the people leave for the season). There, she falls in love with a house mouse. Lots of adventures, but it's actually pretty intense for a children's book, as some of the mice get eaten! I really enjoyed this reread and still find this a delightful book. And it ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) may help explain my reluctance to set mousetraps 😂

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Suet624 I was thinking I should find it for one of my grandkids but then .... mice get eaten!!
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TheAromaofBooks @Suet624 - It's intense but not graphic. Kind of along the lines of the original Bambi book. One mouse gets eaten because he is willing to sacrifice himself to help the others get away. And a rat gets hunted down by weasels in what is probably the scariest scene of the book. I loved this book when I was 12ish, but it's a book I would read first before handing to a younger reader to make it's not too intense. 4h

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Suet624 @TheAromaofBooks thanks for the explanation. 💕 4h

LeahBergen What a sweet cover! 3h

TiredLibrarian Walter D. Edmonds is from my neck of the woods, and I met him once, years ago. He was a very kind man. 3h

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