Muffie Mouse and the Busy Birthday

by Joan Lowery Nixon

Muffie displays her imagination in four episodes that take place on her mother's birthday.

Genres: Childrens

46 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Author of more than one hundred books, Joan Lowery Nixon is the only writer to have won four Edgar Allan Poe Awards for Juvenile Mysteries (and been nominated several other times) from the Mystery Writers of America. Creating contemporary teenage characters who have both a personal problem and a mystery to solve, Nixon captured the attention of legions of teenage readers since the publication of her first YA novel more than twenty years ago. In addition to mystery/suspense novels, she wrote nonfiction and fiction for children and middle graders, as well as several short stories. Nixon was the first person to write novels for teens about the orphan trains of the nineteenth century. She followed those with historical novels about Ellis Island and, more recently for younger readers, Colonial Williamsburg. Joan Lowery Nixon died on June 28, 2003—a great loss for all of us.

Reviews

[Olivia · Rating 5 out of 5]

A sweet book about a little mouse who wants her mother to have a happy birthday. She is a creative problem solver - she finds a way to be gracious, tactful, and firm in all her dealings with the demands of others on this special day without quarreling and causing her mother stress and alarm on her birthday. Really great book.

[Eden Silverfox · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is Muffie's mother's birthday and she wants to make the day special for her mother. She makes her breakfast, decorations and teaches a few mice lessons all before the birthday gets started.

I have to say this was a really cute book. I liked Muffie and her way of handling things.