Perez the mouse, adapted from the Spanish of Padre Coloma

Full Record:

1914 [1950]. Moreton. Perez the mouse, adapted from the Spanish of Padre Coloma. Illus. by George Howard Vyse

Date:

1914 [1950]

Author:

Moreton

Illustrator:

Illus. by George Howard Vyse

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Curator Notes:

tr; Dodd, Mead (NY), 'published 1950,' inscribed 1950. [An edition in smaller format with variant pagination was first published in 1914 by J. Lane (London) and Dodd, Mead (NY)]; this is a retelling by Lady Moreton of a version of the Spanish legend first written down by Padre Luis Coloma in 1896, 'La Ratoncito Perez,' for the boy-king Alfonso XIII of Spain, who appears in the story as King Bubi I; front cover titles and vignette (silhouette) stamped in white on yellow cloth

Subjects:

Folk tales - Spanish, Adaptations, Retellings of classics, Animal fantasy stories - rodents - mice, Boys' stories, Young children (5-10), Kings or Queens, Teeth/Tooth fairy - Ratoncito Perez, Transformations - human to animal, Poor people, Spain, Translations from Spanish, and Exhibit item