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Five Mice in a Mouse-trap by the Man in the Moon.
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- GenresFiction
161 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 15, 2009
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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
274 books19 followersLaura Elizabeth Howe Richards (27 February, 1850 – 14 January, 1943) was an American writer. She often published as Laura E. Richards & wrote more than 90 books including biographies, poetry, and several for children.
Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. She was named after his famous deaf-blind pupil Laura Bridgman. Her mother Julia Ward Howe wrote the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
Her father was Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe, an abolitionist and the founder of the Perkins Institution and Massachusetts School for the Blind. She was named after his famous deaf-blind pupil Laura Bridgman. Her mother Julia Ward Howe wrote the words to "The Battle Hymn of the Republic".
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December 29, 2015
Utterly enchanting children's book with the Man in the Moon as narrator and principle storyteller.
The mice are actually children, five siblings the Man in the Moon calls Nibble, Brighteyes, Fluff, Puff, and Downy the baby, who come to live in an eccentric house he dubs the Mouse-Trap, in the little village of Nomatterwhat, in the state of Nomatterwhere.
The Man in the Moon uses a giant mirror to look down on all the children below. He has a dog with the unlikely name of Bmfkmgth ('and none of you will be able to pronounce that, except the children who live in Wales').
There is an awful lot of effort gone into this book, which is jampacked with stories, songs and rhymes, featuring talking dolls, walking beds, trousers made of diamonds and steeplechasing whale.
The Man in the Moon is also something of a Sandman, taking the children on various dream journeys to China, the North Pole, and the Indian Ocean, where they meet or hear about lively characters with pleasingly funny names like Pun-Chin and Michikee Moo.
The children were often fairly naughty, breaking things and making a mess of their clothes. At one point a mother doll falls on its child and the twins, Fluff and Puff, pronounce it dead. Nibble, the eldest, calls the mother a murderer and hangs her! Furthermore, they all judge this to be only right and proper!
At over 200 pages, supported with countless illustrations, there is enough good content here to please your average child for months, and it's all good.
The mice are actually children, five siblings the Man in the Moon calls Nibble, Brighteyes, Fluff, Puff, and Downy the baby, who come to live in an eccentric house he dubs the Mouse-Trap, in the little village of Nomatterwhat, in the state of Nomatterwhere.
The Man in the Moon uses a giant mirror to look down on all the children below. He has a dog with the unlikely name of Bmfkmgth ('and none of you will be able to pronounce that, except the children who live in Wales').
There is an awful lot of effort gone into this book, which is jampacked with stories, songs and rhymes, featuring talking dolls, walking beds, trousers made of diamonds and steeplechasing whale.
The Man in the Moon is also something of a Sandman, taking the children on various dream journeys to China, the North Pole, and the Indian Ocean, where they meet or hear about lively characters with pleasingly funny names like Pun-Chin and Michikee Moo.
The children were often fairly naughty, breaking things and making a mess of their clothes. At one point a mother doll falls on its child and the twins, Fluff and Puff, pronounce it dead. Nibble, the eldest, calls the mother a murderer and hangs her! Furthermore, they all judge this to be only right and proper!
At over 200 pages, supported with countless illustrations, there is enough good content here to please your average child for months, and it's all good.
August 22, 2023
One of the best children book I ever read. Adventurous yet funny!
August 26, 2016
Not my cup of tea.
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June 5, 2025I didn’t like some of the LibriVox narrators.
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