Thanksgiving Mice! » (Reprint)

Doug Cushman is a veteran mystery writer for children and the illustrator of more than 100 picture books. Among his many popular books are the seven Holiday Mice books, written by Bethany Roberts. He lives in Northern California and Paris.

Bethany Roberts has written several popular books for children. Her Clarion titles include THANKSGIVING MICE!, VALENTINE MICE!, HALLOWEEN MICE!, MONSTER MANNERS, CAT PARADE, and WAITING-FOR-CHRISTMAS STORIES. As a teacher and a children's librarian, she has always been an avid reader of children's books, especially to her own children. She teaches creative writing at a local college Hamden, Connecticut, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.

It’s Thanksgiving and four adorable mice are putting on a play for their woodland friends in this delightful read-aloud, the fourth book about the holiday mice. Lively verse introduces beginning readers to basic words and rhyming sounds and tells the story of the very first Thanksgiving, when the Pilgrim mice traveled across the sea and settled in America. The simple story-within-a-story format, accompanied by colorful, action-filled illustrations of mice in costume, also serves as a basic introduction to theater.

Publishers Weekly

In another reenactment, Thanksgiving Mice! by Bethany Roberts, illus. by Doug Cushman, rodents are the stars. Simple rhyming text and historical basics come together as the Holiday Mice present a play. (Sept.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.