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Long, Ethan

Me and My Big Mouse

(4) K-3 Michael loves his oversize mouse friend, Bo, but finds his attachment and needy behavior challenging. Ultimately the duo creates a five-point contract setting limits such as "The bathroom is not a play area" and "We both sleep in our own beds." The story is didactic, but zany cartoon-style vignettes back up the narrator's exasperation at the attention-demanding, mess-making behemoth.

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