Picked this up used. Never heard of it. It looks like a book that might have much more to it and be more of an adult book. This is a 1967 paperback. The review excerpts sound really good. The NY Times says, "Like the fantasies of Tolkien, Thurber, E. B. White, The Mouse and his Child is filled with symbolism and satire, violence and vengeance, tears and laughter."