Author/Illustrator: Gabrielle Vincent
Genre: Modern Fantasy
Awards: NA
Age Level: 6-9 years old
Summary: The story begins with Celeste getting ready to go on a picnic with hear father, Earnest. The reader can conclude from the images on the first two pages that Celeste is happy and joyous about joining her father on this picnic. When she gets downstairs and ready to leave, she finds out that it's starting to rain. The two mice use umbrellas and rain coats to stay out of the rain and set up a picnic under a tent they build together. Everything is going great until they discover they are on private property and they owner wanted them to leave. Earnest kindly invited him into their tent for tea and the property owner decided to take him up on the offer. The three mice get along so well that Celeste and Earnest are invited to the property owner's house for tea next week. Celeste can hardly wait for that day to come.
Illustrations and colors were kept simple. Although, facial expression for the mice were very easily observed and detailed throughout the story.
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