It’s also noteworthy that this story was responsible for her first fan letter from America.Īnd what did we learn? What I take away from this book is that everyone has moments of ‘bad,’ but it doesn’t have to define who you are. There are definite themes of rebellion against domesticity, which reflect some of the opinions of Ms. She wrote this story as one of three and chose this one as the first to develop and publish. She even had a glass-fronted mouse house with a ladder, where she could watch how they moved, in order to draw them more accurately. The Tale of Two Bad Mice is number five in Beatrix Potters series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows: 1 The Tale of Peter Rabbit 2 The. She named them Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca and kept them as pets and models for her drawings. edition (September 16, 2002) Language, English Hardcover, 58 pages ISBN.
Potter rescued two mice from a trap in her cousin’s kitchen. The Tale of Two Bad Mice (Peter Rabbit) Publisher, Warne 100th Anniversary ed. Reading age 3 - 7 years Print length 72 pages Language English Grade level Preschool - 2 Lexile measure 700 Dimensions 4.33 x 0.42 x 4.
But the mice aren’t all bad – Tom Thumb tries to pay for the things he stole with a coin he finds and Hunca Munca shows up every day to clean the house. The Tale of Two Bad Mice is about two naughty mice who tiptoe inside a dollhouse and find trouble there.
The dolls are shocked when they return and the little girl who truly owns the house places a police doll at the house’s entrance. When they find that everything is made of plaster, they smash the plates and furniture, throw dresses out the window and steal some of the cookware and the feather bolster from the bed. The dollhouse is ‘owned’ by two dolls and when they step out for a ride in the pram, the mice (Hunca Munca and her husband, Tom Thumb) break in hoping for a free meal.
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