19a The Trip —by Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Illustrated by Melissa Bergemeier

19a  The Trip —by Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Illustrated by Melissa Bergemeier

Fiction / Child’s poetic story

Cyberwit.net

First Edition: 2020

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 8182538211

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-8182538214

24 Pages

$20.00

5 Stars

This delightfully written and richly illustrated book is a perfect children’s book. It is the magical story of a young boy, Michael, and the little mouse who took him on a midnight adventure around the world.   The little boy Michael and the mouse shared the same first name, so you just know they became fast friends.

The Michaels lived in an ancestral country estate and managed to slip away in the middle of the night to go on their trip. A magical trip, beginning with them scampering across a beautifully landscaped, manicured garden, wandering down a country lane, getting caught in a rainstorm and an adventure around the world, but do not fear, they made it safely home and shinnied up a drainpipe to arrive back int Michael's bedroom in time for a cup of warm milk before snuggling down for the night. In place of a teacup the little mouse is holding a thimble as he reclines in a small bed fashioned from a matchbox. Each and every detail in the book is carefully thought out from the toy soldiers in the nursery, the coat of arms on the gates, to the fly fisherman glimpsed under the bridge as the two travelers head toward London near dawn.

This is a book parents and grandparents (and babysitters) won’t mind reading over and over and yet one more time due to the easy flow of the rhymes and the charm of the story. It’s a grand book about a grand adventure. Wish I’d had it when my kids were little.

Lenora Rain-Lee Good recently returned to her beloved Pacific Northwest from Albuquerque, New Mexico to dance in the rain and write. Part Native American (Catawba) she is fascinated with history, and often incorporates historical events in her writing. Her poetry has most recently appeared in Quill & Parchment and Five Willows Literary Review, both online literary magazines. Washington 129, anthology of Washington State Poetry, chosen by Tod Marshall, the Washington State Poet Laureate, 2016-2018 and her collection, Blood on the Ground: Elegies for Waiilatpu published by Redbat Press. She has been an Author-Editor in the aerospace industry, and an Instructor in the WAC. Besides writing and selling her poetry, she has sold novels, radio plays, photographs, and even a quilt. However, she's joking about dancing in the rain. One, she doesn't dance, and two, she lives in the desert part of Washington.