Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Frederick the field mouse sat on the old stone wall while his four brothers gathered food for the approaching winter days. The other mice felt that Frederick was not doing his share of the work, but when the food ran out, Frederick saved the day with that he had gathered.

Never a conventional princess, Harriet becomes an adventurer after learning she is cursed to fall into a deep sleep on her twelfth birthday, but after two years of slaying ogres, cliff-diving, and more with her riding quail, Mumfrey, things go awry at home and she must seek a prince to set things right.

Gram is making jam. The rats attack! Can Ann, Fran, and Stan save Gram-and the jam? Find out in this funny Early Reader. Each Short Vowel Adventure stars a gang of kind and courageous young mice and tells a satisfying and surprising story using easy words, rhyme, repetition, and picture clues. Teachers will appreciate the phonics focus (Rat Attack focuses on the "short a" sound"), and children will love the humor, and the handmade, felted animal characters...