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Once a mouse . A fable cut in wood

As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.

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Main Author:	Brown, Marcia
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scribner, [1961]
Subjects:	Fables > Juvenile. Folklore > India > Juvenile nonfiction. Caldecott medal book.
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Summary:	As it changes from mouse, to cat, to dog, to tiger, a hermit's pet also becomes increasingly vain.
Item Description:	At head of title: From ancient India. Caldecott award 1962
Physical Description:	[32] p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:	9780689713439 0689713436
Author Notes:	Marcia Joan Brown, 1918 - 2015 Marcia Joan Brown was born in Rochester, New York on July 13, 1918. She graduated from New York State College for Teachers (the University at Albany's predecessor). She taught at Cornwall High School in New York City, where she began her writing career with the publication of The Little Carousel in 1946. She authored and illustrated more than 30 children's books. She won the Caldecott Medal three times for Cinderella, Once a Mouse, and Shadow. Brown died on April 28 at her home in Laguna Hills, California, following complications of congestive heart failure. She was 96. (Bowker Author Biography)