Martins Mice

by Dick King-Smith

Book Overview

A wise and funny new novel by the author of Babe: The Gallant Pig. Martin is a farm cat who doesn't want to kill mice, he wants to keep them as pets Martin is sweet, funny, and totally his own person.nt.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517571137
• ISBN13: 9780517571132
• Release Date: December 1988
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 122 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Martin's Mice

Book ReviewBy Brooklyn The book I am reading is caled Martins mice. I relly like this book. I would recammend this book to eneone who likes cats. Is your faviorite animal a cat. In this book Martins mom catches mice but Martin dose not eat mice he keeps them as pets.

Wow!!!!!!!

This was an excliant book!!! I decided to read this book so I could get points in reading. It looked like a small and easy read. Boy, I would read this book any day. The detail and the way the story flows is amazing!I ahve never read about a cat who dosen't eat mice! After the middle of the story I wouldn't put the book down. I learned all about the mice and that mice are dows and bucks!!! Martain gets this great idea of keeping mice as pets! The first mouse he finds is pregnant, her name is Drusila. After the first groupe off cubs, Martin decides to find her another husband, his name is Cuthbert. The first groupe are all named numbers, the second are months of the year!!! After her gets taken away as a pet imself, he never sees Dursila or Cuthbert on till....

This is the best Dick King Smith book

I think Martin's Mice is a realy good book, because there's a cat who hates eating mice but his mother makes him eat at least on bit of mouse. Martin thinks they are really cute and adorable and wants to have one as a pet. When he gets older his mother stops catching them food. Martin and his brother and sister have to catch their own food. Luckily the farmer's daughter starts feeding him cat food. Martin decides that he will catch a mouse for a pet, so one day he goes and catches one for a pet. He catches a lady mouse, but what he does not know is that she is going to have children, too. I also like it because it was really funny, and it put a smile on my face the whole way through.

Everyone should read this at least once!

Hi. My name is Sam Gonzalez. I am eight years old. Martin's Mice was one of the best Dick king-smith books I've ever read and I've read a lot of them. Believe me. It's funny. Why would a cat want to keep mice for pets? Maybe he was a vegetarian. I don't know what he is, but I like him a lot lot lot. You should read it at least once.

A terrific children's book!

I've read this book 5 times, it's so good! Every time I was always sad it was over...just because it's so good. It's about a cat who, instead of eats mice, he keeps one as a pet and friend, despite everyones mocking and laughing at him. It just goes to show that opposites do attract and nothing can keep good friends apart! It's very creative and very well written! The author-Dick King Smith-has published several books and of all the ones I've read, this is definately my favorite. And Dick King Smith himself is not only an excelent author, but also an excelent human being...as I have written to him and he wrote back to me...twice! :) So behind this great book, there's an even greater person. I can garantee your children will love this book, and his many others...I do!