The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse
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Picture Book · Ages 3–7 · 1951 · Est. 9 min read-aloud

The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse

Written by Miriam Norton · Illustrated by Garth Williams

Part of the Little Golden Books series

A family of mice raises a homeless kitten, never telling him what he really is.

24 pages· 1,090 words· Est. 9 min read-aloud· ~580L
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When a mouse family finds a helpless newborn kitten, they adopt him, name him Mickey and raise him as one of their own, never telling him that he is actually a cat. Mickey grows up happily as a mouse, until the day he learns the truth about who he is.

From the publisher

WHEN A MOUSE family finds a helpless, homeless, newborn kitten, they decide to adopt him, name him Mickey, and raise him as one of their own . . . never telling him that he’s actually a cat!

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
24
Words
1,090
Reading age
3–7
Audience
Picture
Lexile
~580L
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
3.8
F&P level
~O
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
41905
Publication
Published
May 13, 2008
First published
January 1, 1951
Publisher
Golden Books
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780375848223
LCCN
2007929073
OCLC
229394027

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