I've been telling my wife about this wonderful story from my childhood concerning a mouse and pirates and a hat...and today I found the title and author. YEA! I agree - 5 stars is not enough for my memory of this gem. To the family of the authors - Please pass on my heartfelt thanks to your Jean and her daughter for my favorite childhood tale!

Scuttle the Stowaway Mouse is my favorite childhood book! I still have my copy--and it is in terrible condition. That doesn't stop me from reading it to my children, though. We enjoy the story & love staring at the illustrations. I actually have the story memorized--I've known it since I was a little girl!

Wonderful book!

....."and he let the little ones sail half-price." Sigh.

5 stars is not enough for this little gem. I just wish I knew where my copy was! I'm looking for it for my kids and I know they'll love it as much as I did. I can still see Scuttle, with his dubloons, in his rat (or was it cat?) resistant mansion at the end of the story. Great artwork and an engaging story make for a memorable childhood experience. NO VIDEO CAN TOUCH THIS KIND OF QUALITY. It's ashame that books like this and many others are no longer being produced, having been replaced with multicultural, revisionist, environmentalist, pseudo-story offerings.