Times Children’s Book of the Week 10/02/2018
Little Mouse is not your average risk-averse child. “Don’t go and play in the wood,” warns Rabbit. “It’s frightening there and full of big, scary animals.” “Nothing frightens me,” says Little Mouse. “I may be small but I’m not scared of anything!”
And into the dark trees he marches in his socks, gloves and striped tail-warmer (at least he wrapped up). So far so intrepid, as Horacek — the master illustrator from Prague whose use of bold colour and cut-outs makes him a cut above — shows our baby rodent leaping from toadstool to toadstool. Alex O’Connell The Times
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