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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Shook, Babs.
A house for mouse / by Babs Shook ; illustrated by Kathy Couri.
p. cm. — (All-star readers. Level 1)
Summary: Several animals offer to let a little mouse live with
them, but he keeps searching until he finds just the right home.
ISBN 1-57584-383-8 (alk. paper)
[1. Mice Fiction. 2. Animals —
Habitations Fiction. 3. Stories in rhyme.]
I. Couri, Kathryn A., ill. II. Title. HI. Series.
PZ8.3.S55915HO 2000 [E] —dc21 99-34957
A House for Mouse
by Babs Shook
illustrated by Kathy Couri

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