Can you tell me the title of this kids book?

Question

I used to read it all the time when I was little, it had a red cover and was about some mice. They all lived together then two of them got married and they got a daisy tied round their wrists for a ring. The married mice had to find a place to live and I think they got chased by cats until they found a dolls house that had been dumped to live in. Can anyone remember it? Would love to get it for my kids!

Answer 1

I'm pretty sure it's this one:

George and Matilda Mouse and the doll's house /
Heather S Buchanan
1988
English Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience [36] p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
New York, N.Y. : Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, ; ISBN: 0671668447 :
George and Matilda Mouse get married and find the perfect home in an abandoned dollhouse.

It's out of print, but you can buy used copies here starting at just $2.49 plus shipping:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0671668447/24680e-20

Here's a photo of the cover, which IS red. http://pictures.abebooks.com/TOLCOT/270126536.jpg

Also, you may be interested in knowing that this author also has other George & Martha Mouse books.

Here's a review from School Library Journal:
PreSchool-Grade 2 After an elaborate wedding, newlywed mice George and Matilda (called Emily in previous volumes), set off to find their own home in town. In a city garden they literally stumble across an abandoned doll house which comes complete with a working fireplace and the type of fancy doll-sized furnishings most mice newlyweds would only dream of, and they start to raise a family of their own. As in earlier books about these characters ( Emily Mouse's Beach House, Emily Mouse's Garden, George Mouse's Covered Wagon, George Mouse's Riverboat Band all Dial, 1987), the fantasy world depicted in the detailed full-color illustrations is saccharine and squeaky clean. Sweetly dressed, dewy-eyed mice look purposefully posed in illustration after illustration. Unfortunately, the stringing together of endearing details does not a story make. George's sighting of a cat in the distance while he's on one of his bland ventures through the garden provides the only hint of conflict. There is little in either text or illustration to distinguish one mouse character from another. Readers who might enjoy the imaginative visual details of a miniature fantasy world will be disappointed with the inconsistencies here. For example, Buchanan has gone to great pains to show a mouse-sized wagon built out of spools, sticks, and a matchbox, while mouse-sized accessories such as top hats and toothbrushes appear gratuitously throughout the story. If the personal saga of George and Matilda is to continue to subsequent volumes, we can only hope for a more active role on the part of the cat. Kathleen T. Horning, Madison Public Library, Wis.

Answer 2

The second link has a picture of the cover, if that helps.


Town House Mouse [reviewed by Shelley Stewart]


The Town Mouse House is a colorfully designed book about a mouse family. This book takes the reader back one hundred years and shows what life was like back then through a day in Augustus John Town Mouse's life. The illustrations in this book make the story come alive because there are so many details. Kathy Miller-Hewes discuses how books and their art are important. Some of the different ways that art is important in books is through the design; in creative connections; and to stimulate learning.

Answer 3

Its called the mousey house boo hoo mama ding ding shhoba lobba ey ey oooooooooh

Enjoy! x

Answer 4

sounds like one of the beatrix potter stories

Answer 5

stewart little