In a faraway land, a little gray mouse leaves his tiny hole in search of
a new home. On his journey, he unwittingly encounters some of the
biggest stars in the fairytale genre. He discovers a house shaped like a
shoe (belonging to Old Mother Hubbard), which he concludes would be too
noisy; he dines with a little pig in a house made of straw (awfully
breezy); is flummoxed by a tower with no door (Rapunzel's); and dares to
take a nibble from a most remarkable house made of gingerbread (narrowly
missing Hansel and Gretel).
The little gray mouse is about to give up when he comes face to face
with the most spectacular house of all: a glorious castle (Sleeping
Beauty's). Its ballrooms, turrets, and drawbridge win him over, but he
finds himself feeling alone, until-- surprise!--his friends from the
forest and all those he has met along the way come to the castle, where
they feast and dance, and the little gray mouse learns that it is family
and friends that turn a house into a home.
Children will delight in this fun, rhyming story with all of its rich
references to well-known fairy tales.