Robert Earl “Rob” the Mouse

About the Book

One midfall morning, in a nearby forest lives a country mouse named Robert Earl, who lives in an oak tree with his family. Robert has always dreamed of leaving his family and going to the city and becoming a city mouse. But recently Robert’s father passed away, and now all responsibilities have fallen on his shoulders. His mother, Edith, will not be able to help him gather food because she has to help the two youngest children with their schoolwork and she has to do her household chores. Robert will have to figure out a way, with winter approaching, to gather up enough wood and food and clean up all the dead branches before winter arrives. Along the way, he will be learning life lessons as well as teaching others how to be responsible and how to help others when they are in need—even if it means dropping what they are doing to help someone in need and regardless of how long it takes to get it done. Will Robert Earl be able to get enough food gathered and wood cut and do all his other chores before winter arrives? How will he do all this? Come join us and find out how Robert will get all this done in time for winter.

About the Author

D. L. Clark was born DeAnna Lynn Stewart, and she lived in Tampa, Florida, where most of her life she lived until 2000, when she moved her family to a small town in North Florida, where she lives with her husband and two of her children. Two of the older children have moved away and started their own careers and gone to college. DeAnna lives on a farm where they grow a variety of vegetables, which they put up and sell to several customers in their area. It has become a business over the years, and although it is hard work and very time-consuming, it seems to provide food for her family as well as to other families in her area. A lot of the food is given to families that are in need or just wanting to cook some fresh vegetables that evening. DeAnna’s hobbies include spending time with her family, writing books, painting ceramics, and learning how to sew, and she has been working on her second book. She hopes it will get published sometime next summer!