Post by scheepers on Dec 31, 2021 0:13:17 GMT
Probably between 2005 and 2009, I read or otherwise saw an illustrated children's book that was about anthropomorphic mice that wore clothes, and I think that all of them had either grey or brown fur. I'm virtually certain that I didn't own the book and that it came from a library. The main character was a girl mouse who was primary school-aged, and she had at least one friend who was another mouse that was the same age as her, but I can't remember whether this friend was a boy or a girl.
The story of the book was that the girl mouse was gifted some kind of new thing that she wanted (I have no recollection of what it was now), and brought it with her to school, where she bragged about it. The teacher of the girl mouse's class was an adult male mouse who I remember as wearing glasses. The girl mouse continued to show off her new possession even during class, which became disruptive, so the teacher confiscated it. The girl mouse became furious at the teacher and probably said some unkind things. At the end of the school day, the girl mouse got her possession back somehow (I don't think that the teacher gave it back to her in person), and with it was a note from the teacher where he apologised for upsetting her. The girl mouse read the note and felt extremely guilty; I distinctly remember that a page showed her as gradually shrinking, and how the text explained that she, "felt very small". As an apology, the girl mouse made some kind of food out of cheese and gifted it to her teacher the next day, and he loved it. The story ended not long after that, but I can't remember exactly what happened.
The story most likely originated from Europe or North America. The art might have been done with watercolours, but I could be imagining that. It definitely wasn't Angelina Ballerina or Geronimo Stilton, and I highly doubt that it was one book in a series. Does this sound familiar to anyone here?
The story of the book was that the girl mouse was gifted some kind of new thing that she wanted (I have no recollection of what it was now), and brought it with her to school, where she bragged about it. The teacher of the girl mouse's class was an adult male mouse who I remember as wearing glasses. The girl mouse continued to show off her new possession even during class, which became disruptive, so the teacher confiscated it. The girl mouse became furious at the teacher and probably said some unkind things. At the end of the school day, the girl mouse got her possession back somehow (I don't think that the teacher gave it back to her in person), and with it was a note from the teacher where he apologised for upsetting her. The girl mouse read the note and felt extremely guilty; I distinctly remember that a page showed her as gradually shrinking, and how the text explained that she, "felt very small". As an apology, the girl mouse made some kind of food out of cheese and gifted it to her teacher the next day, and he loved it. The story ended not long after that, but I can't remember exactly what happened.
The story most likely originated from Europe or North America. The art might have been done with watercolours, but I could be imagining that. It definitely wasn't Angelina Ballerina or Geronimo Stilton, and I highly doubt that it was one book in a series. Does this sound familiar to anyone here?
