Books in Cheddar's Tales series

It happened quite suddenly, The Change that gave all animals the power to speak, read, and understand human language. For Cheddar Plainmouse and the rest of his colony, The Change opens up an amazing world filled with new information and adventures inside the Crittertown Post Office, where the mice live. But when they learn that the post office is scheduled to be shut down, it's up to Cheddar and his two friends, Grayson and Nilla, to find a new home for the colony. Now, the trio must venture far beyond the safe and cozy dirt floors of the post office basement and explore the big world--a world filled with zooming cars, pouncing cats, hungry foxes, and lots of humans! Along the way, they meet a clan of super mean mice at the store next door, and some very smart mice at the local library. They make new friends, like the loyal and helpful Buttercup, (a brave boy dog who hates his name, for obvious reasons), a gossipy squirrel named Chitchat, and even some human children. It's a race against time, but with the help of their new friends and their newfound gift of gab, these clever mice just may come up with a plan to save the post office and unite all of their animal friends too.

The adventures of Cheddar Plainmouse and the Crittertown mouse colonies continue in Showdown in Crittertown. This time, Cheddar and his friends, Grayson and Nilla, are on a mission to save Crittertown Elementary School. Some of the mice's best friends are the children who attend the school. The children played a huge role in helping Cheddar and his colony save their home at the post office. If the Crittertown school gets shut down, the children will have to go far away to attend school. All of the friends (those on two legs and four) hatch a plan to keep that from happening. In the meantime, there's trouble brewing between the mouse colonies. Rumors of a war between the library mice and the post office mice are swirling. With so much going on, Cheddar and his friends have their work cut out for them--saving the school and keeping the peace between the colonies are no small feats, but then…these are no ordinary mice