THE Tumtum & Nutmeg: The Rose Cottage Tales (Tumtum & Nutmeg, 2) - Softcover

Bearn, Emily

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316085987 ISBN 13: 9780316085984

Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2013

Synopsis

Tumtum and Nutmeg just want to live out their comfy lives in peace, unbothered by anything as distracting as an adventure. But the holidays are upon them, and it seems to be the time of year when Arthur and Lucy, the disheveled human children of Rose Cottage, and bumbling veteran hero General Marchmouse are most likely to get into trouble. Tumtum and Nutmeg want to make things right, but first they'll have to outwit a wicked mouse named Purple Claw, face a crazed circus ringmaster, and even save Christmas!
In three delightful new adventures, Tumtum and Nutmeg prove that big heroes come in tiny packages.

About this title

About the Author:

Emily Bearn has worked as a staff writer for Harpers & Queen magazine, the Times, and the Sunday Telegraph. She lives with her daughter in London, England, where they share their home with two very helpful house mice.

From School Library Journal:

Gr 2-5 Tumtum and Nutmeg, two sweet mice, have “adopted” the children of Rose Cottage. Arthur and Lucy are neglected by their absentminded inventor father, so the mice mend clothes, make home repairs, tidy up, and generally look after their well-being. The three stories in this sequel to Tumtum and Nutmeg (Little, Brown, 2009) follow the mice as they risk their lives to retrieve Christmas gifts for the children from an evil neighboring mouse, attend to them on a seaside holiday replete with treasure maps and more evil mice, and get involved with some nasty circus mice. Their friend General Marchmouse, recently retired, can't resist an adventure, and is always in the thick of both the problems and solutions. There is a redundancy in the story lines and an overreliance on mechanical toys as conveyances; both will likely be overlooked by young readers. From a narrative standpoint, this sequel stands alone, but its foundational matter–the whimsical setting and character description–are not fully expressed here. Price's pen-and-ink pictures are well-suited to the story.–Lisa Egly Lehmuller, St. Patrick's Catholic School, Charlotte, NC. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0316085987
• ISBN 13: 9780316085984
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416