| Mouse Noses on Toast | |
| Author: | Daren King |
| Illustrator: | David Roberts |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's |
| Publisher: | Faber Children's Books |
| Pub Date: | 7 September 2006 |
| Pages: | 110 pp |
| Isbn: | 978-0-571-22802-7 |
| Congress: | PZ7.K5764 Mou 2006 |
| Oclc: | 70059830 |
Mouse Noses on Toast is a 2006 children's book written by Daren King and illustrated by David Roberts. It won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award.[1]
A young mouse called Paul is so shocked to learn that "mouse noses on toast" are served at a fancy restaurant that he gathers a ragtag group of activists to investigate and protest.
Reviewers variously commented that it is a "quick" and "easy"[2] read, and a "nice book to read aloud".[3] The Observer compared its style of humour to The Magic Roundabout and the School Library Journal said it is "just as engaging as it is loopy".[4] Both the School Library Journal and AuthorLink criticised the ending.[5]
AuthorLink called David Roberts' illustrations "cute", and the School Library Journal said that the "very simple pen-and-ink illustrations ... fit the equally pared down narrative".