A Mouse Just Ate My House!

By Author / Illustrator

Kes Gray

Genre

Funny Stories

Age range(s)

Publisher

Happy Yak

ISBN

9780711288034

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

08-05-2025

Synopsis

Prepare for a laugh-out-loud adventure with A Mouse Just Ate My House! the latest tail from the multi-million copy bestselling children's author Kes Gray.

Mice eat cheese, right? Not this mouse! Our mischievous little nuisance is so hungry she will stop at nothing until she's full up. She's even taken a big bite out of this very book - just look at the missing piece and all the little nibble marks!

In this hilarious story, a hungry little mouse simply cannot stop eating. From doors to sofas to chairs - even stairs! She has a rumble in her tummy that won't go away.

Her first course was my skirting board
You know the shapes mice make
I thought one hole was all she'd do,
But that was my mistake!

She waited till I'd gone to bed
And then without me knowing
She made another mousey hole
And then just kept on going!

Told from the perspective of a frustrated little boy whose house is being eaten bite by bite, A Mouse Just Ate My House! is a riotous rhyming picture book promises a joyous time for readers young and old.

Reviews

Sue

A naughty little mouse with very sharp teeth is constantly eating…the kitchen, the bathroom, the pest controller. Will anything make it stop? Fast paced and funny, A Mouse Just Ate my House is a riotous romp, perfect for reading aloud! Many readers will be familiar with Kes Gray's Oi Frog series and his latest story does not disappoint. The lively rhyming text keeps building as the mouse's eating antics get wilder and wilder until everything is resolved…or is it?!

Cut-through sections add extra excitement to the illustrations and children will enjoy peeking through the pages as the mouse chomps its way into the story. They will quickly learn to join in as each possible solution is followed by 'The mouse just ate my…' and the story romps on.

It's the sort of story which inspires children to create their own additional scenarios whether in rhyme or not and perhaps illustrate these as well. As the mouse's meals become more and more unlikely, readers are sure to try trump these ideas with whackier and whackier suggestions.

I would not recommend this as a bedtime read, however, as it will do nothing to lull little ones off to sleep- quite the reverse in fact!

Picture book / Reviewed by Sue Wilsher, teacher