An engaging animal fantasy with plenty of humorous insight into the human condition--written by the author of "Babe: The Gallant Pig". A kitten lov...
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Dec 21, 2011
Larrullo
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First...the narrative given of this book is not quite right...Martin's brother and sister don't know he has mice...so can't really make fun of him for it. They are mean to him because he won't EAT mice. The book is about Martin, a kitten, who has pet mice...who feel they are prisoners. He learns to understand their point of view after getting taken off the farm and kept as an apartment pet.
My four and six year olds liked this...followed without problems. The pictures in it are More...
My four and six year olds liked this...followed without problems. The pictures in it are More...
Sep 17, 2011
Martins Mice
Who ever heard of a cat that doesn’t like mice?! Martin is a kitten of Dulcie Maude a farm cat, Martin is part of a litter of three. He has a brother and sister Robin and Lark. Martin is a kind hearted and endearing character. He likes mice, but he doesn’t like eating or killing them unlike his siblings. He likes to talk to the mice and he likes to be their friend much to the disgust of his mother. Martin is set free by his mother to go and fend for himself! The first day he More...
Who ever heard of a cat that doesn’t like mice?! Martin is a kitten of Dulcie Maude a farm cat, Martin is part of a litter of three. He has a brother and sister Robin and Lark. Martin is a kind hearted and endearing character. He likes mice, but he doesn’t like eating or killing them unlike his siblings. He likes to talk to the mice and he likes to be their friend much to the disgust of his mother. Martin is set free by his mother to go and fend for himself! The first day he More...
Mar 04, 2011
Giannina
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While going into the book, I couldn't remember a thing about it. It did look familiar, but it didn't ring any bells. Only when I saw the name, Drusilla, that things started to get a little un-blurred. Martin's Mice is about a normal cat. Only he isn't normal. Instead of catching and eating mice, he keeps them as pets! This is a certainly different book. It isn't an average cat chase mouse thing. It's cat KEEPS mouse. Yup.
I liked the first part of the story. We're introduced to Martin w More...
I liked the first part of the story. We're introduced to Martin w More...
Mar 16, 2011
Logan
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Of all the King-Smith books we've read so far (and we're on a roll with those), this is by far Logan's favorite. A barn cat named Martin thinks mice are cute and doesn't want to kill them. When he sees that the farm girl keeps rabbits as pets, he decides he's going to keep a mouse. He finds one, but from the beginning, it's not as simple as Martin imagined. To begin with, Drusilla the mouse isn't that keen on the idea. Then, when he convinces her and gets her all set up in an old bathtub in a ha
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Aug 02, 2011
Ray
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This was my absolute favourite book in whole world when I was a child; infact, I loved it so much I stole the first copy I read from my school library and my mother had to return it! I highly recommend anyone with children to pick up this book for them/to read to them. I'd still like to read it again now, if I'm honest!
Dec 07, 2009
Abby
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This book was good and it would make a perfect story for kids grades 1-5. It's a touching yet slightly silly story of a kitten who keeps mice as pets. It's an easy book to read and not to long.
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Feb 10, 2012
Amanda
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Fantastic book! Comical, interesting, paced just right. Martin is a well-meaning cat who just wants to keep pet mice, until he learns a lesson about freedom.
Oct 22, 2010
Matthew
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Love Dick King-Smith but I was not happy with this book...the characters were under developed and the story moved at a pace that was too fast.
Jan 19, 2009
Kelly
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This would be a great book for reading aloud to kids--there's a lot of witty bits to keep adults chuckling to themselves.
Sep 07, 2009
Lauren
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this book is really good it's about a cat that does not like
mice.and its funny , good and amusing .
mice.and its funny , good and amusing .
Jun 14, 2009
Kenzie
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I read this during WASl week it was stupid but kinda fun yall shuld read it too.
Mar 30, 2009
Rachel
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Cute book about Martin, a cat that doesn't eat mice but wants to keep them for pets. He learns that being a pet isn't all it's cracked up to be and freedom is what he really wants.
Jan 29, 2012
Dan
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A simple little story about a cat who keeps mice. Eventually he comes to realize that being their friends may be kinder than keeping them cooped up as pets.
This was a fun read. It's simple, comfortably paced, and made for great bed-time reading with my son.
This was a fun read. It's simple, comfortably paced, and made for great bed-time reading with my son.
Oct 14, 2011
Before we even started reading this, Joey said it was his favorite book. He must really, really like the cover.
Apr 08, 2008
Julie
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It's a cute, fun read. I really like Dick King-Smith's books. I gave it to my mom for her school library.
Aug 07, 2008
Asia
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This was the first chapter book I read just for fun. It's really charming.
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