By: Gillian Lishman
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Little Mouse lives in a little cottage at the bottom of an old oak tree in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. She has lots of friends including Old Owl, who lives at the top of the old oak tree, Scruffy Mouse, who has a workshop where he makes and mends things, and Mattie Mouse, who lives in London and works for the London Parks and Gardens Trust. The story of Little Mouse is all about the adventures she has with her two friends.
Gillian Lishman lives in Yorkshire on a dairy farm with her husband, Ian. From here she runs her practice as a Reflexologist and Foot Health Practitioner. She has two grown up children Richard and Helen and four grandchildren. Gillian was inspired to write the story of Little Mouse during the lockdown period of the Covid-19 pandemic. Missing her grandchildren greatly during this period she decided to write a chapter per week and send it in the post, which caused great excitement. Gillian has never had any previous professional writing experience.
It was a lovely happy book with bright and cheerful illustrations. I liked the positive messages about friendship, acts of kindness and the gratitude expressed by all of the characters. The story involved traditions of the country mouse gathering food to eat everyday, baking, going out to talk to others and sharing her food. It was also informative and educational explaining the processes involved on the working farm and how Scruffy Mouse liked recycling and reusing materials of any kind to mend and make things. Little Mouse has a great spirit of adventure and the trip to London showed how rewarding this can be. She is a very busy mouse and this is relayed in a gentle and fun way.
This is a delightful collection of stories which Gillian has written in a consistent style. They are totally believable - that for example, Little Mouse meets the Queen pretty much by accident after traveling from Yorkshire to London to see a friend. The stories are charming without being sentimental, full of interest, evoking the countryside around Gillian's home. They are very child-focussed, with plenty for adults to read to younger children, and for older primary school aged children to read themselves. I can imagine this being favourite book throughout a child's first decade.
Little Mouse is an absolutely delightful and captivating book. I adore the story behind the publication and look forward to sharing the chapters with my grandchildren
It has a feel good factor and somehow makes you feel that life, even today, can be lived at a slower pace.
As we know GG, Bob and Farmer Richard, it makes it so magical for us. Look forward to the next one!
I bought this book for my grandchildren, and they loved it. No problem getting them to bed now cause they always want to hear anything from it.
Five stars book. Hope there is a follow-up book, brilliant!
I absolutely love this fabulous story about Little Mouse and her friends. I feel it's a really enjoyable book for young children. Had I had Grandchildren, I would really enjoy reading this to them, especially as a bedtime story.
Definitely one of the better things to emerge from lockdown.
This is a real feel-good story about kindness and friendship. It will appeal to parents and children alike as everybody needs a friend like Little Mouse.
A collection of delightful stories about the adventures of Little Mouse which are beautifully illustrated and will appeal to all young children. A perfect book for them to read themselves or enjoy having read to them by family members. Wonderful to have such a positive outcome from the pandemic.
My two children have loved this story! Its about kindness, friendship and adventures! We all loved following Little Mouse and her exciting adventures each day. The pictures have so much detail in them and my daughter loved that each page is like a rainbow!!! We hope there will be another Little mouse out soon to continue on adventures with Little mouse, Scruffy mouse and Old owl!!!
