After visiting each other's homes, Johnny Town-Mouse and Timmy Willy who lives in the country, decide that they prefer their own place.

"Following the deaths of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to her hometown in England after living abroad for sixty years. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss, and she retreats from the world into a life of dull routine. Then one winter night, a chance encounter with a mouse sets Helen on a surprising journey."--

Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Winner * ALA Notable Book * ALA Booklist Editors' Choice * School Library Journal Best Book

In the second book in the Tales of Dimwood Forest by Newbery Medal-winning author Avi, a tiny deer mouse named Poppy dares to stand up to a tyrannical owl. The story is accompanied by inviting illustrations from Caldecott Medal-winning artist Brian Floca.

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Mouse frightens all of the animals she sees by shouting that a dragon is going to eat the sun, and then come after them.

Rhythmic text expands on the Mother Goose rhyme, including a variety of animals that react as the clock strikes one through twelve.

Despite the warnings of their sisters and brothers, a little mouse and a little cat enjoy playing in the rain with a frog.

Albert joins his sister and friends mice skating on the frozen pond, but when he tries to make shapes as they do, he runs into some problems.

Oscar Mouse searches for a home of his own when the attic wherehe lives becomes too crowded with little brothers and sisters.

Three mice make a variety of things out of different shapes as they hide from a scary cat.

When their home next to a brook is destroyed by beavers, a large family of golden mice is aided by Poppy the deer mouse and her grumpy porcupine friend, who in the process forges a relationship with the son he had abandoned.