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As a result of being a frequent target of censors, Of Mice and Men appears on the American Library Association's list of the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000–2009 (number five) [24] and Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2010–2019 (number 28). [25] Of Mice and Men has been proposed for censorship 54 times since it was published in 1936. [26]
Mice feature in some of Beatrix Potter's small books, including The Tale of Two Bad Mice (1904), The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse (1910), The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918), and The Tailor of Gloucester (1903), which last was described by J. R. R. Tolkien as perhaps the nearest to his idea of a fairy story, the rest being "beast-fables". [3]
The 1937 production opened while the novel was still on best seller lists. [1] At the time, George S. Kaufman was the top director in the country. [2] While the play follows the novel closely, Steinbeck altered the character of Curley's Wife, perhaps in response to criticisms from friends.
Of Wee Sweetie Mice and Men is the second novel of the Dan Starkey series by Northern Irish author, Colin Bateman, released on 25 April 1996 through HarperCollins. [1] The name of the novel is a reference to the John Steinbeck novella Of Mice and Men .
The first edition retailed at $2.50. [1] Stories from the collection later appeared in the British collections The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (1960), Poirot's Early Cases (1974), Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories (1979), and Problem at Pollensa Bay (1992).
Milton Mouse and his girlfriend appeared in dozens of cartoons made under the supervision of Paul Terry. At first, Milton was a mischievous character trying to find treasure or steal food, in appearances including The Fable of the Fortune Hunters (Nov 1922), The Fable of Cheating the Cheaters (Dec 1922) and The Pearl Divers (July 1923).
The first book in the series, The Dark Portal, was a runner-up for the Smarties book prize in 1989. [3] In 2000, The Deptford Mice trilogy made its debut in the United States with the publication of The Dark Portal by SeaStar Books. [4] The Crystal Prison and The Final Reckoning were published there in 2001 and 2002 respectively. [5] [6]
Martin is a farm kitten who likes to keep mice as pets, despite the mockery from his siblings, Robin and Lark, and the disapproval of his mother, Dulcie Maude. He keeps a pregnant pet mouse he met named Drusilla in a hidden tub before she gives birth to eight baby mice.