Nalah Goes to Mad Mouse City by Anne Sawyer-Aitch Review

About the Book:

Title: Nalah Goes to Mad Mouse City
Author: Anne Sawyer-Aitch
Publisher: Magic Lantern Press
Pages: 44
Genre: Children’s Picture Book
Format: Paperback

The adventures of Nalah continue! One day Nalah finds herself bored and lonesome because all of her imaginary friends have gone away on vacation. But wait – not all. Mad Tooth, the little mouse who lives in her sock drawer, is still busy munching away on her knee-highs. When she finds out why Nalah is sad, she offers to take her down through the sock drawer into a mouse metropolis. The result is a tale of wild dancing, cousins and mice, taffy and a sock monster.

“Gorgeously illustrated with a process I've only seen before in Anne Sawyer-Aitch's 1st book, Nalah and the Pink Tiger. My 4-year-old particularly enjoyed the x-ray view of the stilting guard of Mad Mouse City, and was inspired to make several of her own versions of the illustration. Another fun story with a relatable young girl as protagonist and vivid fantastic characters she encounters.” – E. Bestrom, Good Reads reader

For More Information

• Nalah Goes to Mad Mouse City is available at Amazon.
• Discuss this book at PUYB Virtual Book Club at Goodreads.

About the Author

Anne Sawyer-Aitch (pronounced like the letter “H”) is a puppeteer and stilt-walker. When she decided to create her first book, Nalah and the Pink Tiger, she began experimenting with different styles of illustration, and finally discovered a technique that uses her skills as a maker of color shadow puppets. She calls it “Illuminated Illustration”, and it involves cut-away designs, layering, and backlighting. In her capacity as a puppeteer, Anne creates puppet pieces of all kinds: parade floats, giant stilt puppets, and intricate color shadow shows. She is a MN State Arts Board Roster Artist, teaching puppetry all over the state, and has been touring around with her first book & her Nalah and the Pink Tiger show for the last two years. Nalah Goes to Mad Mouse City is her second book. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

For More Information

• Visit Anne Sawyer-Aitch’s website.
• Connect with Anne on Facebook (author) and Facebook (book)
• Find out more about Anne at Goodreads.
• Contact Anne.

My Review:

This was a very colorful and imaginative book. I loved that there were so many colors and that there was a lot to talk about while reading with a child. I do not think that this would be a good book for children with sensory input issues. However I also enjoyed that I was able to travel to another world and loved how Nalah was treated by the mice. My favorite part of the story was how there was a sense of family and togetherness. I am giving this book a 3/5. I was given a copy to review, however all opinions are my own.