Meet Mrs. Eleanor Marlowe, a young widow who lives in an apartment by herself ? not counting the extended family of mice who secretly live with her. Harbouring mice is a very serious offense in Cat City. Why would a mild-mannered widow run such a risk? The neighbours wonder why Mrs. Marlowe never invites anyone over for catnip tea. Her secret little friends are beginning to wonder about their host, too. So fine is the cheese she serves that some of Mrs. Marlowe's mice wonder if she's fattening them up for the kill. One day, officers from the Department of Catland Security show up at Mrs. Marlowe's door, demanding to search the premises. Can this crafty feline outwit the police and save her mice from certain doom? Is Mrs. Marlowe the mouse-sympathizer she appears to be? Or is she really a mouse-hungry monster stocking her larder with fresh mice? AGES: 5 to 9 AUTHOR: Frank Asch has a degree in Fine Arts and has written over seventy children's books including 'Star Jumper: Journal of a Cardboard Genius', the IRA Children's Choice Award-winning 'Mr. Maxwell's Mous and its follow-up, 'Mrs. Marlowe's Mice'. Colour Illustrations
