An Adventure With Morris Mouse

by Maurice Pledger

Morris Mouse is looking for somewhere to build a nice new nest. But every time he thinks he's found just the right spot he discovers that someone else has beten him to it! Will he ever find a place to call home?

Children (and parents too) adore these cleverly crafted Peek and Find pop up books with playful story lines. Both interactive and educational, the Peek and Find books attract children's attention with full-color drawings, pop-up characters and even entire pop-up scenes.

Genres: Childrens

About the author

Maurice J. Pledger, was born in the Hertford district in 1955, son of Douglas Alfred W. Pledger (1920-2005) and his wife Leda T. née Ginghini, who married at Bologna, Italy in 1946. Maurice had no formal art training, but achieves the realism and detail in his beautiful artwork by spending hours in the field, observing, sketching, and studying his subjects in their natural environment and is an internationally acclaimed artist known for his realistic and detailed illustrations of animals and wildlife. Maurice Pledger first published at age 17, and has since had his illustrations featured on greeting cards, prints, gifts, and books. He has created several successful series, including 'Sounds of the Wild', 'Peek-and-Find', 'Nature Trails', and 'Pledger Sticker Books'. He exhibited at the Ipswich Art Club from 29 Fore Street, Ipswich in 1979, two paintings 'Teal' and 'Shellduck' and in 1992 was the recipient of the 1992 Francis Williams Illustration Award for the Best Descriptive Illustration, which honour is given only once every 5 years by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He married at Broxbourne, Hertfordshire in 1978, Pietra Provenzano and lives at Hoddeston, Hertfordshire.

Biography from https://suffolkartists.co.uk

Reviews

[Orinoco Womble (tidy bag and all) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought a Spanish language edition of this book many years ago, and for some reason the author's name is nowhere to be found on the front cover. In tiny print, far below the translator and the editorial info on the outside back cover--oh yes, "text and illustrations by Maurice Pledger." One wonders how legal the edition was. Another complaint I had was the silly names the translator chose to assign to the animals--just meaningless sounds.

Charming pictures, lots of flaps to lift, as Morris (Maurice?) goes in search of a new home and friends.

[halina mae · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute interactive book for little ones

[Sarah Sammis · Rating 4 out of 5]

He picked it up out of his collection on Monday and suddenly clicked with it. It's now one of his favorite books ever and Ian and I have to share the chore of the multiple re-reads. I think Ian's had the bulk of the reads so far and I owe him some.

[Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023) · Rating 5 out of 5]

4* art
4* story

One of Squirt's top 3 at present. He loves pop-up books, (to the point of kissing the animals on each page of this one) although I do have to supervise him carefully so he doesn't rip everything to shreds.

[Dree · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a gift because of the name--my older son loved it. It's cute, but all of the animals don't live in our area. My kid had no clue what a groundhog was!