A Day With Mousse
By Claire Lebourg
Translated from the French by Sophie Lewis
Published by Transit Children's Editions
Mom's Review
Mousse is so relatable - he just wants to sip his coffee and watch the sea in solitude.
A Day with Mousse details Mousse's reaction to an uninvited visitor who disrupts daily life for several days. Mousse's compassion, after initial irritation, wins out, and our usually-solitary hero (we don't know exactly what kind of creature Mousse is, other than a sock-wearing striped being who loves the sea) cares for the visitor with a head cold until he is well again. The ending appears to be bittersweet with the visitor's departure, but the reader learns a secret that will be revealed to Mousse after the book's conclusion.
A beautiful story about loving and serving a neighbor in need and choosing kindness over an impulse toward selfishness.
Translated from the French by Sophie Lewis
Published by Transit Children's Editions
Mom's Review
Mousse is so relatable - he just wants to sip his coffee and watch the sea in solitude.
A Day with Mousse details Mousse's reaction to an uninvited visitor who disrupts daily life for several days. Mousse's compassion, after initial irritation, wins out, and our usually-solitary hero (we don't know exactly what kind of creature Mousse is, other than a sock-wearing striped being who loves the sea) cares for the visitor with a head cold until he is well again. The ending appears to be bittersweet with the visitor's departure, but the reader learns a secret that will be revealed to Mousse after the book's conclusion.
A beautiful story about loving and serving a neighbor in need and choosing kindness over an impulse toward selfishness.
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