Anatole (mouse)

Anatole (mouse)

Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone.

Anatole is a mouse who lives in an un-named "mouse village" outside Paris, commuting by bicycle who was foraging for food when he overheard some humans complaining about mice as villainous. Deeply aggrieved at the insult to his honor, Anatole resolved to do better.

To do so, he goes to work in a French cheese factory, where, as a taster and evaluator of the factory's product. Working alone and anonymously late at night, he leaves notes to guide the cheesemakers in their work. His good taste for good cheese leads to the factory's commercial success and to his murine fame - to such an extent that Anatole is regularly hailed as a "mouse magnifique" by rodent contemporaries. The factory's human owners and workers also hold his work in high esteem, although they have no idea that the mysterious Anatole is a mouse, believing him simply an eccentric cheese connoisseur who prefers to work alone.

In these works the author, through the character of Anatole, consistently places emphasis on the dignity of work. Anotole lives in a conventional nuclear family, married to the beautiful and supportive Doucette and with six lovely children.

Two books in the series were nominated for the Caldecott Medal: "Anatole" in 1957 and "Anatole and the Cat" in 1958, and were subsequently named Caldecott Honor books.

The stories have also been used for an animated television series from Canada's Nelvana studios and France's Alphanim. The 26-episode series originally aired on America's CBS network in 1998 and was rerun on the Disney Channel from 2001 until 2004. Previously in 1960, there was an animated short from Gene Deitch based on the character.

Books

* "Anatole"
* "Anatole and the Cat"
* "Anatole over Paris"
* "Anatole and the Piano"
* "Anatole and the Toyshop"
* "Anatole and the Robot"
* "Anatole and the Poodle"
* "Anatole and the Thirty Thieves"
* "Anatole and the Pied Piper"
* "Anatole in Italy"

ee also

* List of fictional mice and rats


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