(3) 1-3 Illustrated by Mary Jane Begin. In this handsome edition, each chapter opens and closes with a small vignette and features one full-page painting that interprets a dramatic event. Begin's precise, finely detailed style captures both the cozy interior scenes as well as the pastoral beauty of the story's setting.

Reviewer: Carolyn Shute

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Mary Jane Begin. Mouse brothers Louie and Dan are an odd couple when they set out to live on their own: Louie is timid and neat, and Dan is courageous but a slob. When Dan nearly becomes cat food, however, Louie's quick thinking saves the day in this satisfying new edition. Finely detailed, realistic drawings evoke a domestic mouse-size coziness and contain humorous details for the observant reader.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam