mouse a Venezia per i capretti
February 21, 2012 8:59 AM   Subscribe

Find-that-book filter: Help me track down a 35-year-old kids' picture book about mice in Venice.

What I know:

* I was six when I read it, so the book had to have been published on or before 1976.

* It was a picture book. I remember black-and-white line drawings for illustrations; no color.

* "Mice" and "Venice" are the only plot details I remember clearly. I also vaguely remember something about the mice helping save parts of Venice from sinking.

Thanks -- Google is only turning up recent works (I had no idea "mice in Venice" was so much of a thing suddenly).
posted by EmpressCallipygos to Media & Arts (7 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
This must be it surely.
posted by wannalol at 9:19 AM on February 21, 2012


Response by poster: It could be indeed -- I'd have to see the inside illustrations to be sure (the color on the cover is making me skeptical, but that could be just age talking).

It's very likely, though. Thanks!
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 9:37 AM on February 21, 2012


It was published in 1976 and it's about a mouse that comes up with a plan to keep Venice from sinking. It's entirely likely that only the cover was in colour.
posted by wannalol at 9:43 AM on February 21, 2012


The illustrations inside are indeed in black and white according to AbeBooks.
posted by wannalol at 9:49 AM on February 21, 2012


The NYPL has it but as an in-library item only, and only in a specific location.

There are about 650 libraries with the book in Worldcat, so if you'd like a copy to take home your chances are good of getting an ILL.
posted by johnofjack at 10:47 AM on February 21, 2012


Response by poster: I"m actually going to try to get it via Paperbackswap. Thanks.
posted by EmpressCallipygos at 11:13 AM on February 21, 2012


Does this look familiar http://www.robertbyrdart.com/godloier.html?

"From the book The Gondolier of Venice" according to http://www.robertbyrdart.com/byrd/art_for_sale.html.
posted by derforsher at 12:36 PM on February 21, 2012


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