All chrildren will love this facinating story, about an inquisitive little mouse whoes adventures take him away from his home in the cornerfield.
By good fortune he falls into the hands of a little girl named Susan, who would dearly love to keep the little mouse as a pet but she is very kind and restores him to his family unharmed.
Opening
text
In a corner of Farmer Brown's barley field there lived a family of harvest mice, father mouse, mother mouse, and three young ones.
Characters
and Keywords
Inquisitive harvest mouse - Farmer Brown - barley field - mice - father mouse - mother mouse - poppies - Susan - Mary - little brown mouse - woolly scarf - Susie - Picnic
First
edition
issue points for collectors
Hardback book issued with dust-wrapper. Original price of 2'6 Net is shown on the front inside flap of the dust-wrapper. There should be no titles from this series listed on the dust-wrapper's rear flap.
The dust-wrapper of the first edition is a purple / plum colour - later editions, certainly beyond the fourth edition in 1950, have a more reddish colour.
“First published 1949” stated on the verso of the front endpaper. Catalogue page at the rear shows Clatter! Clatter!! Bang!!! as the last title listed.
Although later editions can be found for sale on the open market from tme-to-time, this title is extremely hard to find as a true first edition.
