Review: Excellent Sherlock Holmes throwback on the cover.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 27, 2012
A Chinese mouse detective, perhaps the most unlikely protagonist ever. I find the Deerstalker hat a hilarious reference to Sherlock Holmes, while originally I thought the Fedora would have been a more appropriate reference; I was later struck with the notion that I think most people would not have caught it. The fact that the book teaches children some basic Mandarin is a huge plus on the side of the author. Not only is the story line great, and the imagery beautiful, but it is a tad educational too.