About the Author

Syd Hoff is the author and illustrator of many popular children's books, including the classic I Can Read Books Danny and the Dinosaur, Stanley, and The Horse in Harry's Room. He also illustrated the I Can Read Book Don't Be My Valentine by Joan Lexau.

Born and raised in New York City, Mr. Hoff studied at the National Academy of Design. His cartoons were a regular feature in such magazines as The New Yorker and Esquire for many years and were syndicated in newspapers across the country.

Mr. Hoff lives in Miami Beach, Florida

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- This is the usual Syd Hoff silliness that beginning readers love. Mrs. Brice cares for 25 mice. Twenty-four do all the same things, but the 25th one always does something different. If all are exercising, this little mouse sleeps. When they go for a walk, the others march in line, but he rides on Mrs. Brice's hat. When a cat interrupts the walk, it is this independent mouse who saves the day. Hoff's colorful illustrations enhance the story's humor. If Syd Hoff is popular with your patrons, add this one to your collection. --Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oreg.

Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Description

Among Mrs. Brice's 25 mice, all but one do everything together.And this mouse's difference ‘comes in handy when the mice meet a cat, and while twelve run this way and twelve run that, this mouse runs this way and that, wearing out the cat and saving them all. The simple, gracefully repetitive text and bright drawings will make a preschool hero of the clever little mouse.' 'C.