THE BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND THE MICE

A re-discovery of the cult classic that first appeared in 1962! You will never view war the same way after reading this extraordinary retelling of an ancient Greek fable about a tragically unnecessary battle between mice and frogs. With haunting illustrations, this miniature masterpiece, which can be read by adults and children alike, ranks with Animal Farm as a parable of human foibles and short-sightedness.

THE BATTLE OF THE FROGS AND THE MICE tells in words and pictures a classic tale of the folly of war. When Crum-snatcher, a Mouse, cautiously mounts the back of Puff-jaw, King of theFrogs, to explore the Frogs’ pond, the Mouse meets with a disaster which soon brings the two nations into mortal conflict. The course of this tempest in a teapot is developed with wit to assume heroic proportions, and the battle of this small world becomes the story of wars through the ages. George Martin has made an imaginative, free adaptation of a fable originally ascribed to Homer, but now believed to have been written about three hundred years after him by an unknown author. With his brilliant drawings, Fred Gwynne has depicted this chronicle from its pastoral beginning to its bitter end. Together, they have made a book of grim delight for young and old alike. George Martin is the author of a numerous biographies, references books, and works on opera and law. He is the author of the classic The Opera Companion and Twentieth Century Opera: A Guide. He originally published The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice with Dodd, Mead in 1962. He lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Fred Gwynne, the book’s artist, was also noted author, illustrator, singer, and actor. He was best-known for his role as Herman Munster on the 1960s classic sitcom The Munsters. He died in 1993.