num_pages: 32
description: Everyone loves Willy the wind-up mouse, while Alexander the real mouse is chased away with brooms and mousetraps. Wouldn't it be wonderful to be loved and cuddled, thinks Alexander, and he wishes he could be a wind-up mouse too. In this gentle fable about a real mouse and a mechanical mouse, Leo Lionni explores the magic of friendship.
language: English
title: Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
titlecomplete: Alexander and the Wind-Up Mouse
genres: Juvenile, Fiction, 1st Grade, Classics, Childrens, Kids, Picture Books, Storytime, Animals, Fantasy
ratings_count: 8543
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Caldecott Medal, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Weekly Reader Editor's Choice
publisher: Houghton and Mifflin