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32 pp.
| Penguin/Paulsen |
September, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-25410-9$15.99
(3)
K-3
After Grandmouse returns home to the country, Mouserella writes her a terrifically animated and funny letter (this book's content). Though Mouserella's sense of loss following her grandmother's departure is the focus, the story isn't maudlin. The pages of the vertically oriented volume are designed to resemble lined paper and feature Mouserella's drawings and mementos: photographs, food smudges, a ketchup packet, etc.