Cathedral Mouse

by Kay Chorao

Little Mouse is befriended by a stone carver at a cathedral.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Christian

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Kay Chorao is a children's writer and illustrator.

She was born Ann McKay Sproat in Elkhart, Indiana, United States, into a middle-class, suburban family. She loved and was encouraged to draw at a young age. She attended Laurel School in Shaker Heights, OH. Chorao went to Wheaton College, where in 1958 she earned a Bachelor of Arts in art history. After that, Chorao pursued her graduate study at Chelsea School of Art from 1958 to 1959.

Chorao got married and had three sons before moving to New York with her family. From 1966 to 1968, she studied book illustration at School of Visual Arts in New York.

Besides writing self-illustrated children's books, Chorao has been the illustrator for many books by Jane Yolen, Judith Viorst, Jan Wahl, and Marjorie Sharmat.

Reviews

[Reading_ Tamishly]

This story made me feel so good! Faith in humanity restored. Yes, more than those youtube videos 👍

The illustrations are damn amazing! This is the kind of book I wanted to recieve as Christmas presents and something which should be read out loud to kids. Damn. I love this story so much!

A man who is kind enough to provide a home to a mouse. Yes, that's something like my kind of good story 🤧

[Mercury1122]

This is a beautiful story that is beautifully and intricately illustrated. Despite the obviously religious setting, the story is not particularly religious - just a sweet tale of kindness. My 5 year old LOVED it. The story is completely engaging and heartwarming. The illustrations are detailed enough to be used interactively with the text.

[Kari]

This book gets 5 stars purely for the religious setting. Who ever heard of a book like this having a setting this overtly religious in the late 1980s? Well...maybe the 80's. I'm a 90's kid; nothing would be written like this in the 90's.

[Summer]

I found this book at goodwill, and it had me crying right there as I flipped through the pages.

This is such a sweet and precious story about a lost mouse finding a home and a friend in a beautiful cathedral. It communicated how we can find belonging In Christ without overtly saying it.

[Beth]

Sweet story! May have possibly made me tear up a little....

[Hosea]

Melihat pengalaman tikus yang akhirnya punya rumah. Mengajarkan Hose arti rumah yang sudah dipersiapkan Bapa bagi kita di surga.

[Cynthia]

Beautiful

[Elaine]

Character qualities we saw in this book include gentleness, patience, and self-control (all in the man) and joyfulness and bravery (at times in the mouse). A beautifully illustrated book that warms the heart.

[Colleen]

A very cute story and the illustrations were beautiful.

[Jean-Marie]

We read this to complement our Middle Ages history lesson on Medieval architecture. It's a quick picture book read that give elementary level students a cute story tour through a cathedral.

[summerside]

I love this warm story and the cute little mouse.

[Melanie Boss]

picture book. a story of a mouse trying to find a home. He finally finds one, very cute.