The Schoolmouse

by Dick King-Smith

Published 31 March 1994

A heart-warming animal story from the master storyteller, Dick King-Smith.

Flora was born on the first day of term in the new school year, which might be why she's a very special mouse indeed - a mouse who has taught herself to read!

Flora lives in a classroom, and is determined to learn all sorts of things that no mouse has ever learned before. Her family is horrified at first, but then Flora's reading saves their lives ...