Central Kansas Library System

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.

Little Mouse worries that the big, hungry bear will take his freshly picked, ripe, red strawberry for himself.

Ralph runs away looking for freedom but winds up a prisoner at a summer camp. Newbery Medal-winning author Beverly Cleary ramps up the humor and adventure in the second book in the Ralph Mouse series. With a motorcycle to rev and the open road to see, Ralph S. Mouse is itching to run away from his overprotective family! But once he escapes to a summer campground nearby, the horrors of the wild make him doubt his plan. Angry cats, scary watchdogs,...

"Philomena needs new glasses. Her sister Audrey wants some, too. Pretty soon, Nora Jane is feeling the pressure to get a pair of specs, as well. The one-upmanship escalates from there with the three sisters learning that not everyone needs the same things"--