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Tribes of Redwall: Mice Paperback – September 9, 2004
- Reading age7 - 10 years
- Print length32 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade level3 - 5
- Dimensions5 x 0.25 x 7.75 inches
- PublisherPhilomel
- Publication dateSeptember 9, 2004
- ISBN-10039924283X
- ISBN-13978-0399242830
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- Publisher : Philomel (September 9, 2004)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 32 pages
- ISBN-10 : 039924283X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0399242830
- Reading age : 7 - 10 years
- Grade level : 3 - 5
- Item Weight : 4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5 x 0.25 x 7.75 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #2,713,067 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #32,011 in Children's Fantasy & Magic Books
- #45,426 in Children's Action & Adventure Books (Books)
- #76,873 in Children's Literature (Books)
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A well-known radio personality in his native Liverpool--as well as an actor, stand-up comic, and playwright--Brian Jacques (1939-2011) was the host of "Jakestown" on BBC Radio Merseyside. Ever the performer, Jacques was well-known for applying his acting and entertainment background to his lively presentations to legions of young fans at schools across the United States and England. Brian Jacques was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact. He grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks. His interest in adventure stories began at an early age with reading the books of: Daniel Defoe, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Thomas Malory, Robert Michael Ballantyne, Robert Louis Stevenson, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and Kenneth Grahame. He attended St. John's School, an inner city school that had its playground on the roof. On his first day at St. John's, at the age of ten, he had an experience that marked his potential as a writer. When given an assignment of writing a story about animals, he wrote about the bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The teacher could not, and would not, believe that a ten year old could write that well. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". He had always loved to write, but it was only then, that he realized that he had a talent for writing. "My favourite teacher was Mr. Austin Thomas. He looked like Lee Marvin. Big Man. A Captain in World War II. He came to school on a big bush bike with the haversack on back. He was a man's man. Always fair. I was fourteen at the time when Mr. Thomas introduced the class to poetry and Greek literature. (Because of him, I saved seven shillings and sixpence to buy The Iliad and The Odyssey at this dusty used book shop.)" This interest in poetry extended to Wordsworth, Tennyson, and Goldsmith. It was also at St. John's that Brian met a teacher, Alan Durband (who also taught two Beatles, Paul McCartney and George Harrison), who, more than thirty years later would bring about a major change in his life. After Brian finished school at fifteen, he set out to find adventure as a merchant seaman. He travelled to many far away ports, including New York, Valparaiso, San Francisco, and Yokohama. Tiring of the lonely life of a sailor, he returned to Liverpool where he worked as a railway fireman, a longshoreman, a long-distance truck driver, a bus driver, a boxer, a bobby (Police Constable 216D), a postmaster, and a stand-up comic. Jacques passed away in February of 2011 at the age of 71.
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It was basically a who's who of famous mice and what they were known for. It gave a general description of the disposition of the species and how they are viewed. Great pull-out poster and a few quick quizzes to see how well you know your mice. It could be updated seeing as Brian Jaques did write more novels after this book was published.