Little mama mouse dreams of a hot bath and a long nap.Her babies have grown up and moved away from their snug shoe-home.Mama imagines settling into a quiet life, until Tortoise, Hare, and other storybook strangers turn up in search of a home.Soon Mama has a busy life--and lots of new friends--in glorious Shoe Town.Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel's toe-tapping rhymed text in tandem with Janet Stevens's soleful illustrations gives the notion of one mama's 'empty nest' a hilarious kick.
