A fable from Ukrainian historian and children's book author Lesa Melnyczuk. A rooster and a Mouse is an important story of its time. AGES: 2 to 12 AUTHOR: Lesa one of few Australian Ukrainian Holodomor/Genocide 1932-1933 researchers publishing in Australia. Based in Western Australia She has always been passionate about history, education, information technology learning skills development and problem solving. Veronica Rooke first picked up a pencil at five and... well... hasn't put it down since.