14 Wood Mice Laundry

"14 Forest Mice" is a very popular book series in Japan and many European countries about the beauty of everyday life and the lives of three generations of a mouse family: grandparents, moms, dads, and a dozen other mice. In "14 Forest Mice: Laundry," on a hot summer day, the family heads to a cool stream with baskets of laundry. Laundry turns into a real adventure—complete with teamwork, swimming, and even heroic adventures, as the stream has a fast current and dangerous waterfalls! And the summer day is filled with beauty—drops of dew trickle down the leaves, cicadas chirp, and plump clouds race across the high sky. "Dry, my laundry, in the blue sky. Dry in the green wind." Iwamura's books are reminiscent of miniature dollhouses, where you want to examine and touch every detail, and every small event is filled with truly Japanese philosophy and an appreciation for life in every moment. For preschool and elementary school children.