Diary of a Victorian Mouse

by Ángel Domínguez, Michael Cole

The illustrated, rhyming observations of a Victorian mouse provide glimpses of life in nineteenth-century Britain.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Denise みか Hutchins · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this at a library book sale several years ago, for the charming illustrations. At least they were charming when I flipped through the book, but now that I've sat down and properly read it, there's something uncanny about them that sours the charm. I think it's that everything is all the same flatness; the shading and highlighting make the images look like they were pressed into a slab of marshmallow. There's no depth, no sense of where the light is coming from, and it makes the scenes difficult to process, visually. The poems were a bit better, but still had a sort of awkwardness to match the illustrations. I don't often give out two-star ratings, but I just can't bring myself to go higher, even though some of the imagery truly is lovely, like the sequential series on the endpapers and most of the portraits.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some cute poems with fantastic pictures relating to life in Victorian England. The pictures and poems are all of different animals acting out everyday life including a wedding, a boat race and a debate in parlement.

[Rochelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the illustrations.

[Daisy Paquet · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful!