The True and Pathetic History of Desbarollda The Waltzing Mouse
Contributors: Edward Ardizzone (Illustrator)
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: Durrant Publishing
Published: November 16, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781905946020
Subjects: Animal stories; Juvenile Fiction; Children's Books/All Ages; Children: Grades 4-6; Animals - Mice  Hamsters  Guinea Pigs  etc.; Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs, etc.
First sentence: It being the fashion of the day to present to the public divers pathetic and affecting histories, each vying with the other in veracity and profusion of incident, I am persuaded, dear reader, that the time is now propitious to recount the dramatic fortunes of Desbarollda, the waltzing mouse.
Description: Reproduced with black and white line illustrations taken from the original colour illustrations in the 1947 first edition.