Supremely witty and full of adventure, this is an audio for both children and adults. A tour de force narration by award-winning narrator William Dufris allows the listener to discover Hoban's richly poignant tale layer by layer and come back again and again to discover more.
"This journey of the tin wind-up mouse and his child is one of the grandest hope and scale. Their quest is composed of distinct parts, each a satisfying episode unto itself. As the fortune-telling frog says, "Make of fortune what you will." The mice do so superbly in this timeless recording. William Dufris narrates with outstanding voice artistry."
-School Library Journal, April 2003...
"By turns poignant and witty, allegorical and fantastic, the many animals and wind-up characters who populate the story are all dynamically portrayed in this audio version narrated by William Dufris. He deserves enormous credit for managing to make the audio sound like a full-cast recording. There seems to be no end to the voices, accents, and styles of speech he can muster and as a result listening to this extended fable becomes enormously enriched. He keeps all the characters straight for listeners, and provides them with a life and appeal that actually adds quite a bit to the printed version. The exceptional quality of the narration may bring even more listeners than readers to the story."
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