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Title: The Princess Mouse : A Tale of Finland by Aaron Shepard ISBN: 0-689-82912-4 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: How to find a wife? Cut down and tree and go where it points
Comment: "The Princess Mouse: A Tale of Finland" begins with a simple premise, which is that in Mikko's family when young men get to the age when it is time for them to marry they find their future brides by cutting down a tree and following it points. It so happens that in this particular farm family the two sons are old enough to marry so the father instructs them to follow the family tradition, declaring, "That's how we've done it, and that's how we always well." The older son knows exactly who he wants to marry and cuts down the true so that it points right to her door, but when the younger son, Mikko, cuts down his tree it points into the deep forest. His brother mocks him, wondering if Mikko's sweetheart will be a wolf or a fox. But Mikko walks off into the forest declaring "I'll find who I find."
What Mikko finds is a mouse who is more than happy to be his sweetheart. Strangely enough, Mikko agrees and returns home to tell his father he has found a sweetheart. The tale now becomes interesting because Mikko's father has arranged a series of tests for the sweethearts of his two sons to take to prove their worth (do not ask why, you know what the father will say). From the title of the this story being told by Aaron Shepard you can probably guess how it is going to turn out in the end, but that does not distract all that much from the charm of this tale which is illustrated by Leonid Gore. You have many of the traditional elements of such folktales, but there are some nice unexpected twists that will delight readers of all ages.
Shepherd based his retelling of this tale mostly on story of "The Forest Bride," which I actually prefer as a title, but also on the story of "The Mouse Bride." In the back of the book you will find the simple music for "The Song of the Princess Mouse," written by Shepard. In fact, if you visit Shepard's homepage you can find not only a recording of the tune for this song but a reader's theater script along with another test of the brothers' sweethearts. So there are some nice resources to go with this folktale for teachers to use. Shepard has authored other folktales, including "The Maiden of Northland: A Hero Tale of Finland."
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Title: The Maiden of Northland: A Hero Tale of Finland by Aaron Shepard ISBN: 0689804857 Publisher: Atheneum Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: Savitri: A Tale of Ancient India by Aaron Shepard, Vera Rosenberry ISBN: 0807572519 Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company Pub. Date: 01 March, 1992 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long ISBN: 0152018484 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Man Who Walked Between The Towers by Mordicai Gerstein ISBN: 0761317910 Publisher: Roaring Brook Pub. Date: 18 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: The Magic Brocade : A Tale of China (English/Chinese Edition) by Xiaojun Li, Aaron Shepard, Isabella Chen ISBN: 1572270667 Publisher: Edustar Press Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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