"Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called Roscuro, who lives in the darkness and covets a world filled with light. And it is the story of Miggery Sow, a slow-witted serving girl who harbors a simple, impossible wish. These three characters are about to embark on a journey that will lead them down into a horrible dungeon, up into a glittering...

Sam, a shy but creative mouse who lives in a library, decides to write and illustrate his own stories which he places on the shelves with the other library books but when children find the tales, they all want to meet the author.

When their most valuable loot, a big hunk of cheese, is stolen, Riff Raff and his rodent pirate gang embark on a quest to reclaim their lost treasure.

Riff Raff, a bold mouse pirate, searches for a missing clue that will help him and his cheese-loving crew complete a treasure hunt.

Lilly loves everything about school, especially her teacher, but when he asks her to wait a while before showing her new purse, she does something for which she is very sorry later.

"A high-interest introduction to the life cycle of mice, including how pinkies develop, their plant-based diet, threats from predators, and the woodsy habitats of these backyard animals"-- Provided by publisher.

"Two mice--one big and one small--have a terrible problem. Little Mouse is looking for a story--they're in a book, after all!--and Big Mouse has to admit the truth. The story is gone. And (gasp!) he ate it. That is not okay with Little Mouse, who is all ready to hear a story and will settle for nothing less."--Provided by publisher.

Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young child's day.

Mouse tries many new things when he and his father go out and play in the snow.

When the city mouse visits his friend in the country for a very simple meal, he is disappointed and invites the country mouse to come back to the city where he offers him a sumptuous meal. However, after they are frightened away from the feast first by a cat and then by people, the country mouse decides he's happier with his simple life.