An inquisitive little mouse uses science to solve a mystery in the garden.

"Learn your colors with Maisy. Look for the colored objects on each page."--

"Long, long ago, ages before the Tooth Fairy, there lived in Spain a special kind of mouse--a Tooth Mouse--who collected children's lost baby teeth. Here you will discover the amazing and true story of one of them, Tooth Mouse P�erez, and his descendants, one of whom traveled all the way to New York City, where she became known as the Tooth Fairy!" -- Back cover. Though the world is very different from when his Tooth Mouse descendants worked,...

"Mice introduces emergent readers to field mice features, habitats, and behaviors while providing them with a supportive first nonfiction reading experience. Carefully crafted text uses high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references to support emergent readers, making sure they aren't facing too many challenges at once. Mice includes tools for teachers and caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such...