Beatrice

About the Book

Beatrice, The Secret Mission is a fresh take for contemporary children’s literature. An unusual blend of chapter book and storybook for young readers, it tells a funny, compelling yet innocent story usually found only in the classics. Every parent or grandparent will love its life lessons and savor its delightfully rich language when reading aloud. Young readers are hooked by the characters and story and can hardly wait to get to the next chapter. They easily tune into this impetuous, bossy and thoroughly endearing young mouse who gets herself into one scrape after another as she tries to forge a friendship between sworn enemies: Consuela, a jealous, snooty parrot, and Jasper, a dog with a sad tale, rootbeer brown eyes, and a gentle soul. The story has at its heart a challenging odyssey that tests the three as they duck detection by humans, a villainous cat, bloodthirsty rats and a gang of dangerous geese. As with all odysseys, what they went for wasn’t necessarily what they found. They did learn, however, about friendship, courage, teamwork, tolerance, honesty, perseverance, humor, and even good manners!

BOOK REVIEW

BEATRICE is a charming, captivating and instructive adventure story for elementary school children seeking a book that looks up to them not down on them.

Reviewed by Dr.Roland S.Barth
Former Public Elementary School Principal
Professor Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Contact information: rsb44@ao1.com

About the Author

Susan Reid Russell, known nationally for leadership in the non-profit sector, has directed educational, healthcare, environmental and cultural institutions in Buffalo, New York, Washington, D.C, and Nashville, Tennessee. She and her husband now live in mid-coast Maine where she enjoys fly fishing, gardening, choral singing, and telling stories to her two young grandsons.