To explain more about this children's book ... as a child, I read constantly, and some of my favorite remembrances of "early reading" were the Beatrix Potter books, all about wee mice, and other sweet creatures.  I've always loved illustrating mice and birds, and as a 10-yr. old,  I had my own two white mice as pets: "Minnie," and "Beatrice."

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Now, in my sixties, I have other mice (called "Fancy Mice"), and I think they are sweet and beautiful!  I'm the current "keeper" of 7 little mice in two "mouse aquariums," four girls in one, and three boys in the other.  They are all siblings, except for their Mama "Liza" who lives with the girls.  At right, "Sarah-Jane" posed for a painting that entered my head in a very surprising way just this Fall, and there's a poem that goes with this too, of course.  (But you'll have to wait for me to publish my book to see that part of it!) 

 

(I'm also currently illustrating a sweet book my younger sister Bethany Lloyd has written, about a little flute left in its case for years, who hopes of being used again!  Stay tuned for more on that!)