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Books in the Mice genre:

The Tailor of Gloucester (1902)

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The tailor is assisted in finishing an important commission by the mice who live in his house. This was Beatrix Potter’s favorite among her books.This is the original privately printed edition which is longer than the first commercial edition.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)

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The tailor is assisted in finishing an important commission by the mice who live in his house. This was Beatrix Potter’s favorite among her books. Originally privately printed in 1902, this is the first commercial edition. Read online at archiv... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904)

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Two mice rampage through a doll’s house when they discover the food is only plaster, but are later repentant and clean up their mess. Read online at Gutenberg. Or at wikisource. Or at Hathitrust. Or at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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The Roly-Poly Pudding (1908)

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Tom Kitten is captured by rats who determine to make him into a pie. Read online at archive.org. Or at wikisource.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910)

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Tidy Mrs. Tittlemouse is plagued by various insects who invade her home, and an unwelcome toad. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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Once Upon a Time and Other Stories (1916)

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This entry in the Snuggle Tales series includes several stories and a single color plate.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
Et al

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The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918)

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The town mouse and the country mouse decide that they prefer their own way of life after sampling the other’s. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo (1925)

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In these adventures the good Doctor solves a mystery and opens a zoo in his back garden.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan (1926)

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Doctor Dolittle’s Circus travels to London where they stage a bird opera.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (1926)

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Tom Kitten is captured by rats who determine to make him into a pie. Originally published in a larger format, this book was retitled when published in the smaller format. Read online at wikisource. Or at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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Snippy and Snappy (1931)

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This is the story of the adventures of two field mice.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

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Wanda Gag’s Story Book (1932)

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This volume includes Millions of Cats, The Funny Thing and Snippy and Snappy.

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

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The Snail Who Ran (1934)

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A fairy grants wishes to a snail, a mouse and an elf.

Author(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

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The Merry Shipwreck (1942)

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While Captain Barnacle is away, the mice set his barge adrift. Read online at archive.org.  This is the later edition. ... View More

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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A Day In the Jungle (1943)

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A little gray mouse gets the jungle animals to help his rid his house of a dangerous monster. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Janette Sebring Lowrey
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Animal Stories (1944)

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Forty-six original stories featuring our animal friends. Some editions have only thirty-six stories.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Animal Stories #8008 (1944)

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Original stories featuring our animal friends. This is a later edition with about half as many stories. It is a Big not a Giant Little Golden Book.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Stuart Little (1945)

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Stuart Little is only two inches tall, but he has great adventures.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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The True and Pathetic History of Desbarollda the Waltzing Mouse (1947)

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A mock heroic tale in an exalted 18th century style.

Author(s): Noel Langley
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Mouse’s House (1949)

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Frisker and Whisker need a new house when the black kitten steals the sock they were living in. Beautifully flocked pages add to the fun of this early Scarry title. A later reprint does not have the flocking but read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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