The Christmas Mouse

by Elisabeth Wenning

Book Overview

A little mouse living in the church of an Austrian village assuages his hunger by feasting on the organ bellows and causing the priest and the organist to quickly compose a song for Christmas Eve... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0030150663
• ISBN13: 9780030150661
• Release Date: January 1983
• Publisher: Holt McDougal
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

The Best Non-Biblical Christmas Story!

This book is definitely a keeper, if you can find it. My grandmother gave it to our family when I was a little girl (in the late 60s or early 70s) and I even designed felt board characters around the story for use in a Children's Lit. class in college. Based on the true story of how Silent Night came to be written, the tale and the drawings are outstanding and enjoyable for all ages. This makes for one of the best read-aloud stories and I always look forward to going to my parents' home during the holidays and locating this treasure of a book.

wonderful book

This is a wonderful book, delightfully illustrated by Barbara Remington--maybe best known for her covers on Ballantine's '60s paperback editions of Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings."It's a favorite of my childhood, and my kids today love it, too.Too bad it's been allowed to slip out of print.