The Manger Mouse: What She Saw and Did and Got on the Very First Christmas

by Joel Wells, Annette B. Anderson (Illustrator)

A small mouse describes the special events that take place in the manger where she lives and the gift that is left for her when the baby Jesus and his parents leave.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1990

About the author

Joel F. Wells was a best-selling author and the editor of The Critic, a literary Catholic magazine. His best-known book was "Grim Fairy Tales for Adults: Parodies of the Literary Lions," published in 1967. In it, Mr. Wells skewered both time-honored fairy tales and modern literary writers.

Other titles included children's books and self-help works about raising teenagers, stress and self-esteem. He also wrote numerous humor pieces and scores of book reviews for publications including the Chicago Tribune Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New Republic and others.