Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Rose Cottage Adventures by Bearn, Emily (2013) Paperback

by Emily Bearn

[ Tumtum & The Rose Cottage Adventures Bearn, Emily ( Author ) ] Paperback 2013

Paperback

Published January 1, 2013

About the author

Emily Bearn was born in London, and has been a journalist since the age of 20 when she joined the staff of Harpers & Queen magazine. She then worked for a year as a diary reporter on The Times, before becoming a feature writer on the Sunday Telegraph. She became freelance in 2005 following the birth of her daughter, Freya.

The idea for the Tumtum and Nutmeg books was sparked one evening when, while feeding her baby in the kitchen, she saw two tiny mice scuttling across the floor, then disappearing behind the skirting next to the cooker. She started to wonder what sort of life the mice led behind the skirting board, and slowly the plot for the first Tumtum and Nutmeg book came to life.

She and her daughter live in Hammersmith, and still share their house with two (very helpful) mice.

Reviews

[Rachel Herschberger · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a sucker for mouse stories for children. I think they make the best animal protagonists, though in real life I find them much less delightful. This is the first in a series of books about the adventures of Tum Tum and Nutmeg, who are as winsome as their names suggest. My boys loved this one.

[Amanda Schneider · Rating 4 out of 5]

We got this for Ava for her birthday and it became a fun family read aloud.