Synopses & Reviews
He lives in a bookstore behind a large WALL OF WORDS.
He eats DELICIOUS WORDS from recipes.
He throws SHARP WORDS and POINTED REMARKS at his enemy.
And one day he slips through the words into a story that is the greatest adventure of his life.
He is THE BOOKSTORE MOUSE.
A clever and wise fable, this tale is for every book lover, every story lover, and every lover of words.
Review
"This witty fantasy's creative use of wordplay is reminiscent of Norton Juster's
The Phantom Tollbooth."--
School Library JournalSynopsis
A mouse living in an antiquarian bookstore learns the true power of words when he literally falls into a medieval tale and helps defeat the dragon Censor.
About the Author
He lives in a bookstore behind a large WALL OF WORDS.
He eats DELICIOUS WORDS from recipes.
He throws SHARP WORDS and POINTED REMARKS at his enemy.
And one day he slips through the words into a story that is the greatest adventure of his life.
He is THE BOOKSTORE MOUSE.
A clever and wise fable, this tale is for every book lover, every story lover, and every lover of words.
A mouse living in an antiquarian bookstore learns the true power of words when he literally falls into a medieval tale and helps defeat the dragon Censor.
"This witty fantasy's creative use of wordplay is reminiscent of Norton Juster'sThe Phantom Tollbooth."--School Library Journal
PEGGY CHRISTIAN has been a reading specialist, a bookstore manager, a teacher of language arts and writing, and the author of the picture bookIf You Find a Rock. She lives in Missoula, Montana.