Where's Mommy? (McClintock, Barbara)

In this companion to acclaimed Mary and the Mouse, the Mouse and Mary, Maria (Mary's daughter) and Mouse Mouse (Mouse's daughter) are looking for their mothers. They're not in their bedrooms, their car and cart are still in the driveway, and they are not in the gazebo or under the mushroom! Where could they be? Well, turns out Mary and the Mouse are great friends—just like Maria and Mouse Mouse—and soon the new generation is in on the old generation's secret, and vice versa. Sparingly told and beautifully illustrated, this book is every bit as charming as its predecessor. Kids will pore over the minute details of a mouse's parallel world.

BEVERLY DONOFRIO is the author of the adult titles Riding in Cars with Boysand Looking for Mary, as well as the coauthor of Mafia Marriage. The picture bookMary and the Mouse received two starred reviews. Ms. Donofrio is also the author of a middle-grade novel,Thank You, Lucky Stars.

BARBARA McCLINTOCK is the author and illustrator of many highly acclaimed books for children, includingCinderella, a Golden Kite Honor Book; Dahlia, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book and a Child Magazine Best Kids' Book of the Year; andAdele & Simon, which received two starred reviews and was named an ALA Notable Book. She is also the illustrator of The Gingerbread Man by Jim Ayelsworth, among others.