"More crime capers from Bearburgh, great fun for new and developing readers."
Something is up – or rather under – in Bearburgh: the Metro Mice, who live in the tunnels under the city, are angrily demanding that the mayor carry out necessary repairs to protect their home. When he refuses, young mouse Mo turns to young detectives Reggie and Pipsquark the parakeet for help in tracking down the source of the strange noises and rumblings, despite his community’s distrust of ‘Aboves.’
Can our heroes win over the Metro Mice? Could it all somehow be linked to the burglary of a jewellers, and could aspiring criminal mastermind Nora Masque and her gang be involved, even from their new home, a school for wayward racoons?
Told in a mix of text and cartoon strip – illustrator Becka Moor here creating some great cross-section scenes – these action-packed little adventures are great first crime capers, the world of Bearburgh feeling properly real and contemporary too, for all that the characters are animals. It’s great for new and developing readers with lots of fun to be had.
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Reggie Rabbit wants to be a big-shot detective in Bearburgh City, just like his hero, Detective Fox. But Reggie's mum and dad want him to be safe, and expect him to live in Little Critter forever, working on the family vegetable stall. What's a rabbit to do? In book 4, Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice, Reggie seems off his game. After successfully exposing another Masque plot, word is getting out about the crime-solving rabbit and his parakeet partner. One day, a small shy mouse called Mo reaches out to the pair for help; his home, the warren-like metro tunnels underneath Bearburgh, is under threat. Cracks are appearing in the structure of the metro and in the mouse community that inhabit it. Reggie and Pipsquark want to help the Metro Mice but do the Metro Mice want them?
Reggie Rabbit and the Great Carrot Heist was longlisted for the Alligators Mouth Awards 2025.
A mix of traditional illustrated fiction and graphic novel, the Reggie Rabbit series has a stunning visual style influenced by crime noir and vintage comics.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice and determined it is suitable for children aged 5-6 years old
Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice features in the following genres: Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Adventure Stories, Crime & Mystery, Animal Stories, Graphic Novels & Comics, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Crime, mystery and thrillers, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Anthropomorphic / animal stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: genres
Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice is available in Paperback
Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice was written by Swapna Haddow and published by Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD
Reggie Rabbit and the Metro Mice has 123 pages
Yes it is part of Reggie Rabbit series
£7.19
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