The Stowaway Mouse
Daisy Nell, George Ulrich
Hardcover
(Penrose Press, May 1, 2011)
The Stowaway Mouse, book and music CD, tells the story of a fictional mouse who sneaks aboard a real schooner, built in the shipbuilding town of Essex, MA in 2011. Seeking a break from his life at the museum, the mouse soon learns that life at sea can be a little more than he bargained for!This book is the illustrated text of a ballad, written and recorded by folk musician Daisy Nell with the second graders at Essex Elementary School, with full color illustrations by master illustrator George Ulrich. A CD of the ballad is included inside. Designed with toddlers to ten-year-olds in mind, the entire family can sing along with the catchy tune.