What a fun listen. Wendy Carter is delightful as narrator. With Sadie the dog, you could just see just how energetic and excited Sadie is. Young Fredle, a house mouse, has spent his entire life in the cosy nest in the house. There are kitchen mice, basement mice, field mice, each with their own separate foraging areas and cultures. Fredle knows about mouse traps and Patches the cat. When he finds himself outside he's in a new world. He copes as he finds new food sources. He learns about the out-of-doors. Imagine never seeing flowers, the moon, and colors. And those wet missiles falling from the sky...what are those. He makes friends with a field mouse and with Sadie. Being trucked back to a racoon den in an ice cream carton almost cost him his life. He learns all kinds of things like ramps are good to eat. Even with all this, he wants to go home. There he questions the rules and the loss of freedom.
2012 Notable Children's Recordings
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