Michael Brown (1) (1920–2014)

A lonely little mouse, living all alone in a great gray house, dreams of family and friends in this sweet holiday picture-book. As he prepares for his solitary Christmas, it suddenly occurs to the mouse that although Santa is the gift-giver of the season, no one ever gives him a gift in return, leading our murine hero to leave out his much-cherished bit of cheese. His generosity is rewarded when Santa makes him his assistant, giving him an important role in Christmas, and also providing him show more with friendship and company...

Originally published in 1966, and reprinted this year (2019) in this new edition, Santa Mouse is a delightfully sweet and heartwarming holiday picture-book! Author Michael Brown tells his story in rhyming text, while illustrator Elfrieda De Witt's vintage artwork captures Santa Mouse's changing emotional state perfectly. The visuals here are truly expressive, and immensely charming - a pleasure to peruse! I'm so glad that Simon & Schuster decided to reprint this one, so today's children's can once again enjoy this story, and hope that they will reprint other Santa Mouse stories! show less

I'm not sure how the Santa Mouse tradition escaped my childhood home......but, until recently I had never read Santa Mouse or this sequel.....despite them being written in the 60s.

My children immediately fell in love with Santa Mouse and wanted to participate. We put a light high up in our tree this year, and left out cheese along with the cookies and milk for Santa, and celery for the reindeer, and Santa Mouse left small gifts tied with yellow ribbon on the tree.....my children were beside show more themselves with excitement.....almost more so than for the visit from Santa himself! Lol!

This is a delightfully cute and fun book and we have found a new yearly tradition! show less

I'm not sure how the Santa Mouse tradition escaped my childhood home......but, until recently I had never read Santa Mouse or the sequel.....despite them being written in the 60s.

My children immediately fell in love with Santa Mouse and wanted to participate. We put a light high up in our tree this year, and left out cheese along with the cookies and milk for Santa, and celery for the reindeer, and Santa Mouse left small gifts tied with yellow ribbon on the tree.....my children were beside show more themselves with excitement.....almost more so than for the visit from Santa himself! Lol!

This is a delightfully cute and fun book and we have found a new yearly tradition! show less

Meet a tiny mouse with no name who is blessed with a large imagination and a generous spirit. He lives a very lonely life in a very big house. Yet he dearly loves Christmas and one Christmas Eve he surprises Santa Claus with a most unusual present.