Indignant Anatole rushes back home to his wife and six children.

One night, he overhears a conversation between humans about how they despise mice and wish all of them were killed. They go to homes or restaurants, whichever is the destination for the trip. He lives in Paris and is part of a mouse gang that cycles to the city every night in the hunt for food. While looking to read a book with non-human narrator, I came across many suggestions but none as unique as this one.Ī talking mouse and one with honor! Certainly surprising!Īnatole is a French mouse. It was fun watching their plastic ball roll around the house. They both want rats or gerbils or something. One of them has rats as pets at school and they recently brought them home over the weekend and they loved playing with them. The nephew wanted to catch the mice and we told him we don’t have mice. My niece loves cheese and she likes really good cheese too. They have a few pages that are painted all one color and then drawn over similar to ‘Finders Keepers’ which I didn’t like, but this worked in this story. The art which is only red, blue and white to the story and the character of Anatole. He feels guilty and decides to do something different.Īt night he steals into a cheese factory and with his sensitive nose, he tells them what cheese is good and if not, what it needs.įor me, everything about this story works. He was gathering food with a friend one night in someone’s kitchen when he overhears them talking about disgusting mice and how they steal food.

Anatole is a mouse with a family to feed. I had so much fun with this book! I’ve never heard a peep about this and it’s lovely. Viva La France and C’est la Vie, Anatole is here to cheer up me.

Anatole by eve titus