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All Rupert the mouse wants is to star in a beautiful, wordless picturebook. One that´s visually stimulating! With scenic pictures! And style! He has plenty of ideas about what makes a great book, but his friends just WON´T. STOP. TALKING. Children and adults alike will chuckle at this comedic take on bookmaking from acclaimed author-illustrator Ryan T. Higgins. Praise for Mother Bruce E. B. White Read-Aloud Award Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor "[W]ry text and marvelously detailed pictures juxtapose uproariously. . .Visually beautiful, clever, edgy, and very funny."
- Kirkus , starred review

"Ryan T. Higgins´s illustrations are extraordinary. . . . [A] hilarious, artful picture book with a nod to foodies great and small."
-Shelf Awareness, starred review

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PRAISE FOR MOTHER BRUCE -E. B. White Read-Aloud Award

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Ryan T. Higgins (ryanthiggins.com) is the author-illustrator of Mother Bruce , which received the E. B. White Read-Aloud Award and the Ezra Jack Keats New Illustrator Honor, and its sequel, Hotel Bruce . He lives in Southern Maine with his family and a menagerie of animals -- none of which are talking mice, but he does have a very chatty tortoise.

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