This brilliant re-telling of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol will bring delight to a new and younger audience and bring a smile to the face of the adults who read it with that younger generation. Together with Ruth Brown’s quite brilliant illustrations the story of a scrooge like mouse makes it clear that Christmas is about friendships and caring for others and that by doing so christmas becomes even more fun
Ben is a wealthy mouse who is not interested in Christmas, or the gift that Tim, a poor mouse, brings him on Christmas Eve. That night, Ben cannot sleep and a stranger appears who takes him on a quest to find three people who agree with Ben. By morning, Ben, like Scrooge, has learnt the true meaning of Christmas.