Little Mouse is a sweet picture book about a small girl whose mummy calls her 'Little Mouse' but who really feels as tall as a giraffe and as scary as a lion.
Samuel was immediately drawn to the cover of the book with the brightly coloured parade of animals across the front and back. The inside cover contained more pictures of animals which he enjoyed looking and pointing at. Samuel enjoyed listening to the story and when we read the book for a second time, we realised that there was a picture of a mouse on every page which he had fun trying to find. One of Samuel's favourite parts of the book was when the little girl made different animal sounds to show how unlike a mouse she was. Samuel joined in by howling like a wolf! We would definitely read more books by Alison Murray as the illustrations were so charming and really held Samuel's attention.

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