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The Mouse and His Child

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"Like the fantasies of Tolkien, Thurber, E. B. White, The Mouse and His Child is filled with symbolism and satire, violence and vengeance, tears and laughter." -- The New York TimesThe images stay with you long after the book is done: the toy mouse and his father, on a journey together joined hand in hand; Manny Rat, the nefarious lord of the junkyard, stalking the toy mice for their clockwork parts; Uncle Frog, spouting wisdom and nonsense from within a glove; and the Bonzo Dog Food dog, repeating himself endlessly on a label, fading away to the last visible dog...Russell Hoban's novel is many things: a stirring adventure story, a sharp-witted comedy, and the moving tale of a father and son struggling to return to a state of grace.Called one of the great works of children's literature of the twentieth century -- but with an audience that spans ages and times -- The Mouse and His Child has been lovingly re-illustrated by Caldecott Medalist David Small for a new generation and a new millennium.

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Apr 1990 Yearling ISBN 044040293X
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Jan 2001 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN 0571202225
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Nov 2015 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN 0571307558
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Oct 2017 Scholastic ISBN 0439098270
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Oct 1967 HarperCollins ISBN 0060223782
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Oct 2001 Arthur A. Levine Books ISBN 0439098262
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Nov 2012 Oberon Books ISBN B00A7XDROQ
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Nov 2012 Faber and Faber (UK) ISBN 0571298443
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Feb 2016 Scholastic ISBN 1338043056
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Feb 2003 Audio Bookshelf ISBN 1883332931
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Aug 1990 Chivers ISBN 0745111041
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