This story is about a little mouse who makes friends with a childs favorite toy, a wind up mouse. He wants to be just like the wind up mouse.He has the opportunity to make one wish and was going to wish that he would be a wind up mouse One day the mouse finds the toy has been thrown away and uses his wish to wish the wind up mouse is real.
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This is such a great book! It has a great meaning! ( )

This is a book about dreams coming true and wanting to fit in. Willy the wind up mouse can only move when being used, and Alexander makes a wish that Willy can be real. This is a story about friendship, and is great for lower grades. Frederick is a very interesting character and children will be able to relate with him.

Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse is the adorable story of a little gray mouse who is shooed away at every chance he ventures out of his mouse hole to find food. The homeowners are frightened of him, and he is frightened of them!

One day, when the homeowners aren’t home, he hears a familiar squeaking noise and sets out to find the squeaker. Alexander finds another mouse that looks exactly like himself, only instead of legs, the new mouse has two wheels! Alexander longs to be a wind of mouse as well. Will he get his wish? www.tomie.com

This is a great book to read when a child is dealing with friendship and a sense of belonging issue. It has wonderful and colorful illustrations.

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