The Upside-down Mice and Other Animal Stories
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The Upside-down Mice and Other Animal Stories
Jane Merer's compilation is in aid of The Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children and is a worthy book for the quality of all nine stories within - by Elisabeth Beresford, Roald Dahl, Colin Dann, Rose Impey, Dick King-Smith, Penelope Lively, E Nesbit, Brian Patten and Philippa Pearce. There's the sadly misunderstood mythical dragon, a pet dog and pet guinea-pig with amazing traits, a highly sensible cat called Archie, zoo-residing human animals, a school-visiting lion and a badger and a fox who show true selflessness, nobility and bravery in the face of danger. Labon, an 87-year-old man in 'The Upside-down Mice', calmly and cleverly brings confusion and retribution in the first story, which signals accurately the thought-provoking memorability of the subsequent tales.
