[Review] Happy Days For Mouse and Mole by Joyce Dunbar; illustrated by James Mayhew

Fantastic art, but that's where my love for this book ended.

After reading these stories, I am left with the impression that Mole is extremely entitled and demanding, while Mouse is a people pleaser who constantly bends over backwards to appease Mole. Their relationship is toxic, or at the very least, it is codependent. This is not something kids should be internalizing as “normal” behavior.

Note: I received this book as an ARC. It is scheduled to be released Nov 1, 2023. However, from what I can see, this book appears to be a reprinting of a book from 2019.

2 stars