Published: 2007
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In "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse," two mice from different environments visit each other's homes. The Country Mouse invites the Town Mouse to enjoy a simple meal in the countryside, where the atmosphere is peaceful, and food is humble yet wholesome. However, the Town Mouse finds the rural setting dull and invites the Country Mouse to the city, which is filled with luxurious food but also danger. The City Mouse faces threats from cats, leading the Country Mouse to realize that a simple, safe life is far better than a lavish one fraught with peril. The tale highlights the value of contentment and safety over material wealth. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].
This book features in the following series: First Reading Level 4, My First Reading Book, Usborne First Reading .
This book has been graded for interest at 4-8 years.
This book was published in 2007 by Usborne Books .
Bob Hartman is a performance storyteller par excellence. He has been entertaining audiences on both sides of the Atlantic for over 15 years with his books and performances, which bring together retellings of Bible stories and traditional tales from around the world with his own imaginative stories. His books are full of humour and insight, whilst his storytelling sessions are exciting, engaging, dynamic - and above all, interactive! He is wellknown for his hugely popular Lion Storyteller books, the Telling the Bible series and the highly acclaimed picture books The Wolf Who Cried Boy, Dinner in the Lions' Den and The Three Billy Goats' Stuff. Jacqueline East has been illustrating children's books for over twenty years. Her style is warm, colourful and lively. AESOP probably lived in the middle part of the sixth century BC. A statement in Herodotus gives grounds for thinking that he was a slave.
This book contains the following story:
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
A simple country mouse goes to visit his cousin in his posh house in town and is shown the joys of sophisticated town life. But town living has its costs as well as its benefits - in the form of a predatory dog. The country mouse is glad to return to his simple and safe life in the country.
This book is in the following series:
Usborne First Reading
The Usborne Reading Programme is a collection of over 300 reading books, graded in seven levels and covering a wide range of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. The First Reading programme covers the first 4 levels. Level 1: Designed to be the first real books a beginner will tackle, with very light support from a parent or teacher. They are 32 pages in length, comprising the main story (up to 150 words) and up to six pages of fun, reading-related puzzles.Level 2: these books stretch the reader a little more than Level One, with more advanced storylines. They are 32 pages in length, comprising character pages or maps, the main story (up to 250 words) and reading-related puzzles.Level 3: these titles encourage the reader to develop reading stamina. Stories include a strong element of repetition, with repeated language to help the reader gain confidence.Level 4: these titles continue to build readers' stamina with stories of up to 750 words. The narrative is more devel
