Kids into books: A Mouse Called Wolf

Kids into books: A Mouse Called Wolf

Author: Dick King-Smith

Illustrator: Alex de Wolf

Publisher: Random House, $12.95

Age Group: 7-9 years


All this made Wolfgang Amadeus unhappy, and one day he said to his mother, "Mummy, why do I have to have such long names when all the others have short ones?"

"Because yours is a special name, Wolfgang Amadeus," replied Mary, "and you will grow up to be a special mouse. You cannot have a short name."

But in the end he did, given him by the other cubs.

They had all been playing another of their favourite games, which took place on top of the grand piano. They would line up on the curved edge at the back of the instrument, and then each one in turn would see how far he or she could slide across its highly polished gleaming surface.

One after another, they would take a run and then slide on their fat furry little tummies.

The object was to reach the straight front edge of the piano without falling over and down on to the keyboard below.