"This clever take on the afraid-to-go-to-school theme should have broad appeal." –School Library Journal

An adorable back to school story from Kazuo Iwamura!

It's time for seven little mice to start school! And it's up to Mother Mouse to get them there. When the little mice prove reluctant, Mother Mouse invents "the mouse train" -- all aboard!

"Assuaging the anxieties of one first-time student is tough enough, let alone seven. This story about finding creative solutions unfolds with understated elegance..." -Publishers Weekly