#mouse tales

[picturebookshelf]

Mouse Tales (1972)

Story and Art: Arnold Lobel

[picturebookshelf]

Mouse Tales (1972)

Story and Art: Arnold Lobel

[pearlstrungheart]

via @lagunavintage on instagram

[eldritchgriffin]

Anyone else remember the Arnold Lobel story where a mouse buys a pair of feet from a roadside foot salesperson?

[muppeteyes1001]

Flip very sneakily writes "Sandwich graveyard" along the edge of Mouse's mouth while he's sleeping

Grab a marker and write something on my muse!

The piebald dormouse could be seen passed out on the plush arm of an old armchair. Being only about a foot tall, his whole fuzzy, limp body easily flopped along the small bit of furniture. Snoring softly after a night of knocking back a few fermented blackberry vodkas, Mouse would wake up in the middle of the afternoon, groggy and a bit bleary eyed.

It wasn’t until he managed to head over to the restroom and climbed atop the sink that he finally noticed his refection in the mirror. He blinks as he sees the marker message on his furry face, hoping that he wasn’t so plastered the night before that he had something like that tattooed on himself.

[glitterandgorre]

🐁🥘

[literarycupoftea]

I had the pleasure of meeting David Koenig two years ago at the 2015 D23 Expo. He was selling this book and many of the others he had written. I picked up this book and The People V. Disneyland: How Lawsuits and Lawyers Transformed the Magic.

Unfortunately, it takes me awhile to get around to actually reading the books I buy.

Fast forward to this year’s D23 Expo last month and I ran across Mr. Koenig again. We started chit chatting and I mentioned I had bought two of his books. He asked me what I thought and I sheepishly admitted I hadn’t actually read the books yet. When he looked mildly disappointed, I quickly added I was between books and debating what to read next. He recommended Mouse Tales, saying it was a quick read.

When I got home that Sunday, I grabbed Mouse Tales (out of slight guilt) and stuffed it into my work bag to read the following day.

I’m sorry I hadn’t started reading this book sooner. If you’re a fan of Disneyland, you probably know most of the legends and lore. But I guarantee, that is only scratching the surface. Because what you know is what Disney WANTS you to know. As this book reveals, there is a lot going on behind the scenes (and even in front of the scenes) that guests who visit the park would never know.

From Disneyland’s rocky opening day, to the rat infestation of the 60s, to the Yippie takeover inside the park, this book has it all. It’s a fun, quick, highly entertaining read that will make your jaw drop, make you laugh and make you cringe. This is Disneyland as you’ve never seen it before.

[overheardatdisneyland]

Guest: Are the ducks in Disneyland real?

Cast Member: No, we wind them up every morning. 

Guest: Oh.

Cast Member: Also the water is just cellophane on blowers.

(from the book Mouse Tales)