The Amazing Adventures of Freddie Whitemouse

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Little Freddie Whitemouse, of Number 16 Skirting Board West, simply hates being a mouse. Mice are terribly small, frightened of everything and don't have any fun at all. He would much rather be a growling tiger, free to roam the land; or a big happy dog, allowed to play and loved by all. So when a sorcerer toad hears his pleas and offers his help, there is really little else he could ask for. So as not to make any rash decisions, Freddie spends a week as each animal. What will Freddie discover on his amazing adventure? And will he ever want to be just a little mouse again?

The late Elizabeth Jane Howard was the author of fourteen highly acclaimed novels. The Cazalet Chronicles - The Light Years, Marking Time, Confusion, Casting Off and All Change - have become established as modern classics and have been adapted for a major BBC television series and most recently for BBC Radio 4. In 2002 Macmillan published Elizabeth Jane Howard's autobiography, Slipstream. In that same year she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Emotionally powerful as well as entertaining . . . This elegant edition, embellished with stylish chapter heads, tells the story of discontented Freddie Whitemouse, who lives in a skirting board with his large family and wants to be anything but a mouse * Sunday Times - Children's Book of the Week * The writing is beautiful throughout, displaying a pleasing gentility and building to a genuinely heart-warming conclusion * Financial Times *