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.
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.
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