By Emily Bearn
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 406 pages
My boys really enjoy listening to a good story. So, when I saw the opportunity to review?Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Rose Cottage Adventures, I jumped at the chance. We were not disappointed.
Reminiscent of Wind in the Willows and The Borrowers, author Emily Bearn has written three delightful tales detailing the adventures of two mice, Tumtum and Nutmeg. These two darling mice and their various companions save Christmas for two children, help retrieve stolen treasure at the beach, and deal with nasty circus mice.
The chapters are designed to keep the listeners on the edge of their seats. Indeed, on more than one occasion, I genuinely enjoyed reaching a particularly good cliffhanger, closing the book, and suggesting it was time of bed, just to hear my sons clamor for one more chapter. Illustrator Nick Price?s charming pen-and-ink drawings are the perfect complement to these lovely tales.
On finishing?Rose Cottage and discovering that Bearn had written more books about these two mice, my nine-year-old son immediately requested we get all of her books. I doubt a children?s book could receive a stronger recommendation.
Reviewed by Annie Peters
Source: http://sacramentobookreview.com/childrens/tumtum-nutmeg-the-rose-cottage-tales/
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