A review by marywahlmeierbracciano
The True Story of a Mouse Who Never Asked for It by Ana Cristina Herreros

dark reflective slow-paced

5.0

This is a haunting feminist tale for older readers, deceivingly lighthearted until it's too late.  It is a folktale reimagined, with striking minimalist illustrations that carry the wordless ending.  A little mouse builds herself a house, and passersby can't believe she's a homeowner and not a wife—will she marry them?  She turns them down one by one until finally a kitten strikes her fancy.  But kittens always grow up.