The Eventful History of Three Blind Mice Author:Maurice Sendak, Joseph Reed, Winslow Homer (Illustrator) For ages 9 - adult — This re-telling of the familiar story, first published over a hundred years ago, contains many surprising details. Here are three endearing little mice, Graysey, Frisky, and Longtail, who do no more than exercise their natural curiosity and then pay gruesomely for it with their lives. — The story, originally published as part ... more »of the Good Child's Library in 1858, had been lost to the world for many years. Its rediscovery and the publication of this new edition by Oxford brings it to a contemporary audience as an exceptional example of Homer's skill as an illustrator.
In his introduction, Maurice Sendak writes of his long-time interest in Homer and how he has fallen in love with this story that "literally gets away with murder." The afterword by Joseph W. Reed discusses Homer's work and the significance of the illustrations.« less