Anatole the mouse rescues his dear friend Juliette, a pregnant poodle who was kidnapped. Fantastic illustrations by Paul Galdone. ( )

This is another of the Anatole books; in this one, he rescues a pregnant poodle who's been dognapped for ransom. This one is an example of how Anatole's adventures became more and more outlandish as the series went along. There's also some fairly contrived plot points and macguffin-type situations that are kind of lame.

That said, Anatole and his little family are as cute as ever, the illustrations are tres charmant, and I do enjoy seeing Anatole triumph over evil! ( )