When Nelly reads a description of herself in a book, she is convinced that she is a mouse. After all she is grey, has big ears and a thin tail. When she meets some mice, the confusion only grows in this delightfully funny tale about mixed messages and taking everything you read in books just a little too literally.

 

This book was recognised by the Florida Reading Association Children's Book Award.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2012 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Andy Rowland lives in Bury, near Manchester. This is the first book he has illustrated for Bloomsbury. Andy is also published by Ladybird, HarperCollins and Usborne, among others. Pippa Goodhart is an award winning bestselling author, known for the Winne the Witch series and her