Mice Skating

Description

For most field mice, winter means burrowing down and snuggling in. But not for Lucy! She loves snow crunching under her paws and wearing a fluffy wool hat. But most of all, Lucy loves to skate. The other mice just don't understand. Can Lucy find a way to make her friends come out and "mice skate" too? A funny, punny, warmhearted love song to winter-and to one brave, bold mouse.

Annie Silvestro is passionate about children's literature and is currently a Volunteer Coordinator for the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. Teagan White is a freelance illustrator. Her clients have included Target, Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Disney Hyperion, Nike, Honda and Ford.

"Field mice are supposed to spend the winter burrowing and huddling underground, but little Lucy would rather be out in the bracing cold. She can't convince her mouse friends to join her, until she finds a way to get them to follow her to the pond for ice skating. Silvestro's simple story is heavy on cheese puns likely to sail past younger listeners, but White's charming illustrations, with their miniaturist sensibility and cozy wood-toned textures, will have little ones hunting through the pages for details of the field-mouse lifestyle and decor." --The New York TImes