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Mouse and Mole
Mouse & Mole: Lo and Behold
Celebrate this festive season with three brand new Mouse and Mole short stories by Joyce Dunbar and James Mayhew.
Snowmole
Mole wakes one morning to find the ground is covered in snow! Mouse and Mole decide to build their very own snowy friend – Snowmole – but Mole doesn’t want to leave him alone so decides to keep him company all night long and wakes to find another snowy surprise.
Lo and Behold!
Mole is impatiently waiting for Christmas to come when Mouse presents Mole with a brilliant gift – an advent calendar! Mouse and Mole use the advent calendar to countdown to Christmas and complete all the festive chores that need to be done and before they know it…it’s Christmas Eve!
A Bump in the Night
Late at night on Christmas Eve, Mouse and Mole are getting ready for bed, when they realise they’ve forgotten a few important tasks – putting the stockings by the chimney, leaving the mince pies and cherry brandy out for Father Christmas and sending their Christmas lists – but as they finish these jobs something goes BUMP! in the night…
Snowmole
Mole wakes one morning to find the ground is covered in snow! Mouse and Mole decide to build their very own snowy friend – Snowmole – but Mole doesn’t want to leave him alone so decides to keep him company all night long and wakes to find another snowy surprise.
Lo and Behold!
Mole is impatiently waiting for Christmas to come when Mouse presents Mole with a brilliant gift – an advent calendar! Mouse and Mole use the advent calendar to countdown to Christmas and complete all the festive chores that need to be done and before they know it…it’s Christmas Eve!
A Bump in the Night
Late at night on Christmas Eve, Mouse and Mole are getting ready for bed, when they realise they’ve forgotten a few important tasks – putting the stockings by the chimney, leaving the mince pies and cherry brandy out for Father Christmas and sending their Christmas lists – but as they finish these jobs something goes BUMP! in the night…
- GenresChristmas
32 pages, Hardcover
Published October 21, 2021
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About the author
Joyce Dunbar
156 books22 followersJoyce Dunbar is an English author of over seventy children’s books, best known for Tell Me Something Happy Before I Go To Sleep, This Is The Star, and the Mouse and Mole series. Born in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, she studied English at Goldsmiths College before teaching drama until hearing loss led her to write full time in 1989. Her first children’s book appeared when she was 35, followed by works such as Mundo and the Weather-Child, which explored the experiences of a deaf child and earned critical recognition. Her stories have been adapted for stage, television, and interactive media, with Mouse and Mole becoming a 26-part animated series. She has also been an advocate for deaf awareness, cycling across Cuba for charity. Dunbar lives in Norwich.
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October 19, 2021
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Mouse and Mole: Lo and Behold! is a children’s book containing three stories. Snowmole, Lo and Behold! and A Bump in the Night. It is also book number seven in the Mouse and Mole series.
In Snowmole, the friends wake up to find that snow has fallen overnight. They decide to spend the day playing in it and then they make a snowmole but Mole feels sorry for it being left outside on its own and wants to stay with it, but Mouse has a better idea.
In Lo and Behold!, it is the first day of December and time to get the Advent calendar out. As Mouse goes off to get a hook to hang it up, Mole gets overexcited and starts opening all the doors as he wants Christmas to come quicker, but what will Mouse have to say?
In A Bump in the Night, It is Christmas Eve and the two friends have gone to bed, ready for the big day tomorrow. However, during the night they both start to worry if they have left enough mince pies out or whether they have posted their Christmas lists. So they each sneak out of bed trying not to wake the other one, but who might they bump into?
This collection of stories reminds me of the books I used to read as a child. Very sweet, lovely stories that feel a little old-fashioned but are ideal for getting children into the Christmas spirit. They feel warm and inviting and are perfect for bedtime.
The illustrations are beautiful and adorn every page, making the tales come to life. They are made to look like small snapshots of the friend’s lives with their rough edges and scenes that carry on from one another.
Mouse and Mole: Lo and Behold! is a superb book. I loved everything about it, from the two caring and loving friends to the nostalgic feeling you get when you read it. It is a tremendous read and I am sure children will adore it.
Mouse and Mole: Lo and Behold! is a children’s book containing three stories. Snowmole, Lo and Behold! and A Bump in the Night. It is also book number seven in the Mouse and Mole series.
In Snowmole, the friends wake up to find that snow has fallen overnight. They decide to spend the day playing in it and then they make a snowmole but Mole feels sorry for it being left outside on its own and wants to stay with it, but Mouse has a better idea.
In Lo and Behold!, it is the first day of December and time to get the Advent calendar out. As Mouse goes off to get a hook to hang it up, Mole gets overexcited and starts opening all the doors as he wants Christmas to come quicker, but what will Mouse have to say?
In A Bump in the Night, It is Christmas Eve and the two friends have gone to bed, ready for the big day tomorrow. However, during the night they both start to worry if they have left enough mince pies out or whether they have posted their Christmas lists. So they each sneak out of bed trying not to wake the other one, but who might they bump into?
This collection of stories reminds me of the books I used to read as a child. Very sweet, lovely stories that feel a little old-fashioned but are ideal for getting children into the Christmas spirit. They feel warm and inviting and are perfect for bedtime.
The illustrations are beautiful and adorn every page, making the tales come to life. They are made to look like small snapshots of the friend’s lives with their rough edges and scenes that carry on from one another.
Mouse and Mole: Lo and Behold! is a superb book. I loved everything about it, from the two caring and loving friends to the nostalgic feeling you get when you read it. It is a tremendous read and I am sure children will adore it.
December 30, 2021
This is such a fun picture book and such a sweet set of stories! ‘Mouse and Mole: Lo and Behold!’ is about A4 in size and is filled with very thick matt pages of lovely illustrations and text. There are three stories in this picture book, Snowmole, Lo and Behold and A Bump in the Night, and they are all is as cute, funny and charming as each other.
In Snowmole, mouse and mole wake up excited to go out in the snow. While ouside they enjoy sledging, throwing snowballs at each other and making a snowsomething. Eventually the snowsomething turns into a snowmole, and Mole is delighted, but he worries that the snowmole might be lonely so he stays outside to keep it company, even when it gets too cold.. This story is so lovely and I love what happens at night when the snowmole seems to come to life, reminiscent of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman’ although with a very different ending!
In Lo and Behold! Mole is excited about the fact it’s the first day of December and wants Christmas to come as quickly as possible, so he tries opening up the advent calendar windows ahead of time, until Mouse reminds him that there’s so much to do and Mole shouldn’t be in too much of a rush to make Christmas come so soon. I love Mole’s character in this story, he’s so silly with opening the doors but in the end Mole ends up learning to be patient and there’s a funny ending to this story especially.
In A Bump in the Night it’s Chritmas Eve and the two friends go to bed awaiting Father Christmas’ arrival. But Mole can’t sleep, he worries that they’ve forgotten something and when he creeps downstairs to do what he earlier forgot, there’s a big bump in the night! I think this was my favourite story due to how funny and silly things got. I love the twist that both characters have on Father Christmas’ visit and what happens to both of them in turn. It’s like a comic caper and it was just so funny.
All three stories are so fun and the illustrations make this book so appealing. I just love the style of illustration, it reminds me a little of Brambly Hedge, which was a favourite set of books for me when I grew up, and I just couldn’t help but love how cute and fun Mouse, Mole and their friends are. The illustrations really do make this book all the more enjoyable, especially when you see the expressions on their faces or the funny situations that happen.
Overall this is a lovely picture book to get over Christmas, winter and beyond. The set of three stories centre around Christmas and are all so fun. I think it’s lovely to get three stories rather than just one, and all three tales are guaranteed to have children (and I’m sure many adults) enjoying them again and again.
-Thanks to Graffeg for a free copy for review.
In Snowmole, mouse and mole wake up excited to go out in the snow. While ouside they enjoy sledging, throwing snowballs at each other and making a snowsomething. Eventually the snowsomething turns into a snowmole, and Mole is delighted, but he worries that the snowmole might be lonely so he stays outside to keep it company, even when it gets too cold.. This story is so lovely and I love what happens at night when the snowmole seems to come to life, reminiscent of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman’ although with a very different ending!
In Lo and Behold! Mole is excited about the fact it’s the first day of December and wants Christmas to come as quickly as possible, so he tries opening up the advent calendar windows ahead of time, until Mouse reminds him that there’s so much to do and Mole shouldn’t be in too much of a rush to make Christmas come so soon. I love Mole’s character in this story, he’s so silly with opening the doors but in the end Mole ends up learning to be patient and there’s a funny ending to this story especially.
In A Bump in the Night it’s Chritmas Eve and the two friends go to bed awaiting Father Christmas’ arrival. But Mole can’t sleep, he worries that they’ve forgotten something and when he creeps downstairs to do what he earlier forgot, there’s a big bump in the night! I think this was my favourite story due to how funny and silly things got. I love the twist that both characters have on Father Christmas’ visit and what happens to both of them in turn. It’s like a comic caper and it was just so funny.
All three stories are so fun and the illustrations make this book so appealing. I just love the style of illustration, it reminds me a little of Brambly Hedge, which was a favourite set of books for me when I grew up, and I just couldn’t help but love how cute and fun Mouse, Mole and their friends are. The illustrations really do make this book all the more enjoyable, especially when you see the expressions on their faces or the funny situations that happen.
Overall this is a lovely picture book to get over Christmas, winter and beyond. The set of three stories centre around Christmas and are all so fun. I think it’s lovely to get three stories rather than just one, and all three tales are guaranteed to have children (and I’m sure many adults) enjoying them again and again.
-Thanks to Graffeg for a free copy for review.
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