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Considering that the story is about the misadventures of a clockwork father mouse and child, and their encounters with various talking birds/animals, this is actually quite a dark tale and not at all twee. Instead, violence, death and squalor are evident in abundance, with a wry black comedy setting, such as the alternative society developed by rats in the dump, and the avant garde travelling player company run by crows. Similarly, a dog food label provides the philosophical linking theme, as the Last Visible Dog becomes the symbol for eternity.
A book that works on a number of levels, and I would've rated it more highly, only for me, it loses momentum once the eponymous characters start to achieve their goal of being reunited with the clockwork elephant and seal from the toyshop where they all began, and acquiring the dollhouse from there. ( )
This book is unique and brilliant. This is my second time through and I am as awed as I was the first time. Lillian Hoban's illustrations are a wonderful accompaniment. Appropriate reading for adults and those that might want to read to them.. ( )
A charming if odd and slightly melancholy children's book. A dancing wind-up toy, the mouse and his child are bought as a Christmas decoration but discarded once damaged. They have many adventures with animals both real and tin, but struggle to control their own destiny as they can only move if wound up by someone else. ( )
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The sense of danger must not disappear: The way is certainly both short and steep, However gradual it looks from her; Look if you like, but you will have to leap,
W H Auden
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These pages are dedicated to the memory of three fathers: A.T Hoban, Edward Lewis Wallant, and Harvey Cushman, under whose Christmas tree I first saw the mouse and his child dance. -----------R.H. February 1967
To Randy, my friend to Harold, my healer To Sarah, my soul ----------D.S September 2001
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The tramp was big and squarely built, and he walked with the rolling stride of the long road, his steps too big for the little streets of the little town.
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Children's book about clockwork mice
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A book that works on a number of levels, and I would've rated it more highly, only for me, it loses momentum once the eponymous characters start to achieve their goal of being reunited with the clockwork elephant and seal from the toyshop where they all began, and acquiring the dollhouse from there. (