The Library Mouse

 
　　小老鼠住在圖書館裡，每天早上他都會跑去和小朋友一起聽故事，望著小朋友聽故事聽得著迷的樣子，小老鼠心裡有個夢想，他也想自己寫故事，和小朋友分享。「雖然我只是一隻小小的老鼠，但我有好多好多故事想說！」
 
　　小老鼠努力寫出了他的故事，可是該怎麼被聽到呢？小小的體型，讓他很難被發現，小小的聲音，讓他的故事再棒，卻沒有一個字被聽到，這讓小老鼠非常沮喪……在朋友蜘蛛的幫忙下，小老鼠能夠找到辦法讓他的故事被聽見嗎？一個小小的奇蹟就可以讓一切不一樣，溫暖的故事帶給孩子勇氣，遇到挫折不灰心，找到通往夢想的自信和力量。

　　From dream duo, Frances Tosdevin and Sophia O'Connor (creators of The Bear and Her Book, and The Bear and Her Book: There's More to See), comes a new picture book.

　　“The tale of a little mouse with a big dream, lovingly told and wonderfully illustrated” – Lu Fraser, author of The Littlest Yak

　　Quill, the mouse, is a dreamer! He longs to write stories and share them with children in his beloved library. But getting his words noticed seems impossible for such a small creature. Can he and his spider friend, Leggsy, find a way to make his voice stand out from the crowd ― or will Quill’s stories remain forever unheard?

Frances has always loved reading children's books and is delighted to be writing them as well! She studied Archaeology, Anthropology and Classics at the University of Cambridge, and has worked in journalism and as a teacher of English as a Second Language. Her interests include children's literature, theatre and plants.

Sophia O’Connor is an illustrator based in Cornwall creating hand drawn illustrations. Her portfolio spans narrative, decorative and reportage illustration. The materials she work with are predominantly pen & ink as well as other mixed media, combining intricate mark making with looser tonal brush strokes.