# The Schoolmouse

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- Book: [The Schoolmouse](https://www.bookquiver.com/dick-king-smith/the-schoolmouse) ([The Schoolmouse.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/dick-king-smith/the-schoolmouse.md))
- Authors: [Dick King-Smith](https://www.bookquiver.com/dick-king-smith)
- Publisher: Puffin
- ISBN: 978-01-4131-641-3
- Pages: 160
- Published: 2004-01-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

Flora was born on the first day of term in the new school year, which might be why she's a very special mouse indeed - a mouse who has taught herself to read! Flora lives in a classroom, and is determined to learn all sorts of things that no mouse has ever learned before. Her family is horrified at first, but then Flora's reading saves their lives ...