The Mouse Who Longed For a Palace

Wishing for a palace to live like a king is easy. Building it, however, is more complicated. That was what the little mouse, the protagonist of this story, realised. And so, looking for a thousand tools to make one, the little mouse discovered that a true king does not need a palace.
"The illustrated characters are tremendous, with strenght in their expressions, their presence, the color and disposition of the pages that, without needing background, impact the reader." - Biblioabrazo
Listen to the story here:
Written by Charo Pita
Illustrated by Miguel Ángel Díez
Collection: Growing up books
Size: 21 x 21cm
Pages: 36
Binding: Cardboard illustrated album
ISBN: 978.84.942648.3.2
(Price without VAT €13.94)
RRP €14.50
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Madrid Book Fair 2015
Charo Pita was present at this year's edition of the Madrid Book Fair, signing her book The Mouse Who Longed for a Palace and everyone who came to the Retiro Park could see her introducing her mouse. Media that echoed the news of the increase in sales this year did not hesitate to illustrate the news with one of the images of our author telling her story.
Review in Biblioabrazo
As always Ana Nebreda gives us good words on her blog about children's literature, with a special mention to the author and one of her little readers. Don't miss it!
Charo Pita
Narrator, actress and writer, a lover of the word in all its possibilities, she has won some literary prizes and has published children's books translated into several languages. Illustrated albums such as: Who Can Beat the Wind? ed. OQO; We are not to see, ed. Galaxy; The Street of the Pot, ed. OQO; Old Ladies, ed. OQO; Magic, ed. OQO; O Arco da Vella, Xerais Editions; Thanks!, ed. The Fragatina; Someone from Somewhere, ed. Brosquil; Igor, ed. Kalandraka. Collections of stories for adults such as In the Shadow of the Tale, ed. Palabras del Candil. Books of poems such as: From Arcadia to Govinda, Ed. Espiral Maior. Also articles about oral narration and literary creation in specialized magazines.
As a narrator, she has been travelling for 20 years throughout the peninsular geography and Europe, alone or accompanied, telling stories of both oral tradition and her creation.
With Libros de las Malas Compañías she has also published the following titles:
