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Mousekin's Golden House

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Mousekin's Golden House is perhaps the best Halloween book for children. It has a wonderful ending that children are continually surprised by. Although I like the entire Mousekin series, this one is the best. It can prepare school children for several different fall themes. I am amazed it is still out of print and hopeful that more people will ask for it so I won't have to borrow it all the time!

Mousekin's Golden House is a wonderful story to read to children. It is a heart-warming tale about a mouse finding refuge in a jack-o-latern. It was one of my favorites as a child. It would be great to be able to have it in print again.

As a librarian at Bradley Elementary in Corralitos, California, I read Mousekin's Golden House every fall. Staff and children love this book, and often ask me where they can purchase it. When I wanted to replace our library's tattered copy I was disappointed to find it out of print. Here is a beautifully illustrated and beautifully told story that never should go out of print. I am also a member of the National Storytelling Association and know it is rare to find stories that one can read to an audience of all ages, but Mousekin's Golden House is one. The whole mousekin series is wonderful

Mousekin's Golden House is a delightfully imaginative story about the progression of the seasons. A jack o'lantern sitting in a field becomes a home for a tiny mouse. We watch as the mouse busies herself preparing the nest and then settling in, and then as fall turns to winter, the pumpkin begins to settle, the cutout mouth, etc., closing as the leaves fall, and finally the pumpkin is a snug haven from the falling snow. It's a book adults can love reading to children.

I have been teaching for nineteen years and Mousekin's Golden House is one of my most favorite books to read aloud to my students. Although simple in its message the text lends itself to discussion of a variety of topics. Predators, Changes in season,feeling safe in our environment. I have borrowed this book from our school library every year. I hope someday to obtain a copy for my own library.

As I child, I remember always reading Mouskin's Golden House around autumn. It was almost like an annual tradition for me. The book inspired me and excited me, filling my imagination with images of the seasons ahead. Reading this book never failed to bring back the happy rush of autumn. Mouskin was one of the few very important books of my childhood - one of the main books that inspired me throughout childhood (and even into adulthood) to write. The story itself was magical, and the illustrations were simply charming!

I was hoping to buy it for my little cousin this year for the autumn season, but I was surprised (and saddened!) to find it's out of print. I cannot believe this book, of all children's books, would ever go out of print!

Please bring back Mouskin, so that today's generation of children can be as inspired as I once was by this book!

This book was originally recommended to my mom by one of my brothers' teachers, I think. It always made me feel better about my jack-o-lantern deteriorating--my mom would suggest that it was time to put it out in the woods for Mousekin. In fact, last year I carved a pumpkin specifically to look like a mouse's house. I really want my son to be able to read the book when he gets big enough; I'd love for him to feel as good about the welfare of jack-o-lanterns as I always have! I think it's a huge loss that so many classrooms and children's bookshelves are missing this book--it's really one of the best children's books I've ever read, and I consider Mousekin to be part of our family.

We (my six-year-old and I) just discovered the Edna Miller Mousekin books through my daughter's school library. She loves them so much she checks them out week after week. If there's any way to get these titles re-published I'd like to help!

This book should be published again! I used this book for years with my fourth graders to show how nature "recycles". It also made the children feel good about the coming of winter and the animals in the wild. I love the book and want it for my grandchildren now.

This is by far my favorite book from childhood. When I was able to read it again 35 years later it was like my old friend had finally returned home. Beautifully written, the story is about a little mouse who makes his home in a Halloween pumpkin. The pictures are so beautifully illustrated and the story so charming that no child should ever grow up without reading this book. A classic for little ones such a shame it is out of print and so expensive.