MOUSE CAFE

by Patricia Coombs ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 21, 1972

Cinderella resurrected as a poor, hard-working mouse named Lollymops who is expelled from home by her lazy, mean sisters and taken in by a kindly mama type who runs a cafe. The other waitresses are as mean to Lollymops as her sisters were, and one of them trips her (by stepping on her tail) just as she is about to serve a bowl of soup to a rich and handsome customer. But Mr. Hodges, who helps Lollymops wipe up the soup and her tears, proposes almost on the spot, and the two live ""happily ever after. . . in a big house with fancy chairs and flower pots"" and ""armfuls of baby mice."" The conception falls somewhere between a sentimental daydream and a sympathetic parody; Miss Coombs knows just where on that scale she is aiming and her pictures, in soft browns (with roses) are right there too -- but Lollymops is no rival for her glass-slippered prototype.

Pub Date: Feb. 21, 1972

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1972

Categories: CHILDREN'S