{"id":36610,"date":"2019-08-21T22:10:51","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T02:10:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36610"},"modified":"2019-08-21T22:10:51","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T02:10:51","slug":"review-of-a-mouse-called-julian-by-joe-todd-stanton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36610","title":{"rendered":"Review of A Mouse Called Julian, by Joe Todd-Stanton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A Mouse Called Julian<\/em><\/p>\n

by Joe Todd-Stanton<\/p>\n

Flying Eye Books, 2019. 36 pages.
\nStarred Review
\nReview written August 9, 2019, from a library book<\/p>\n

This book reminded me a tiny bit of William Steig\u2019s classic Doctor DeSoto<\/em>, only instead of outsmarting the fox, the little mouse (called Julian) befriends the fox who wants to eat him.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not out of nobility, though. Julian lives alone and likes it that way. His solitary home is underground, between the roots of a big tree. One day, a fox smashes through his front window, planning to eat him \u2013 and gets completely stuck!<\/p>\n

The image of the giant (compared to Julian) head of the fox, with a mouth full of teeth, filling the upper portion of Julian\u2019s home is truly startling. The image of his back end sticking out of the hole is comical.<\/p>\n

But now the fox is at Julian\u2019s mercy. He doesn\u2019t want to stay there. And since Julian doesn\u2019t want the fox\u2019s head in his home, he tries to help \u2013 but without success.<\/p>\n

When it got to dinner time, Julian couldn\u2019t bear to watch the fox\u2019s sad hungry eyes.<\/p>\n

So he shared what he had and they talked and ate long into the night.<\/p>\n

The fox realized it was much nicer to eat dinner with<\/em> Julian than to eat Julian for dinner.<\/p>\n

And Julian realized that having a guest wasn\u2019t so terrible.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That\u2019s not the end of the story. Julian does eventually get the fox free, and their friendship has some consequences, consequences that add some humor to the tale.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m looking forward to reading this book in storytime. It\u2019s a friendship story with a twist, and it leaves me smiling.<\/p>\n

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