Mouse, Mole and the Falling Star

by A.H. Benjamin, John Bendall-Brunello (Illustrator)

Mouse and Mole are the best of friends-until the evening they spot a falling star. "It's my star! I saw it first," says Mole. "No, I saw it first!" shouts Mouse. The quarrel tears them apart, but as time passes, they miss each other more and more. One fall day Mole spots a vibrant yellow leaf. He thinks it's the fallen star and decides to return it to its rightful owner, Mouse. Meanwhile, Mouse sees the same leaf and suspects that Mole has lost his star. With gentle humor and charming illustrations, this sweet story carries messages about friendship and the appreciation of nature.

Genres: Picture Books, Friendship

28 pages, Hardcover

First published January 31, 2002

About the author

A H Benjamin has been a children's writer since the mid-eighties. He has been published by Andersen Press, O.U.P, Little Tiger Press, Franklin Watts, Q.E.D and many other big publishing houses. He has written 34 books which have sold worldwide with 22 translations including Chinese, Korean, Turkish, Greek and Arabic. His books are very popular in schools and libraries. He currently ranks 345 in the UK PLR. Also some of his work has been adapted for radio, television and theatre.

He lives in Lincolnshire with his wife, Trisha. They have four grown up children and four young grandchildren who have all been an inspiration to him.

(Sources: Amazon.com author page, Little Tiger Press author page, Hachette Children's Group author page.)

Reviews

[Heather]

27 months - A cute story about friendships. Nothing super spectacular about this one but enjoyable.

[Israel Cortes]

They saw a falling star. They were chasing the star up in the hill. It's good.

[Dan Boughen]

Nice simple story about how jealousy and lack of communication can destroy friendships. Good bedtime reading for my 5 year old

[Isobel]

A lovely tale to teach children about the importance of friendship.

[Leah Jones Marcus]

Friendship/sharing.