Under the Weather

By Poppy Green and Jennifer A. Bell

Sophie is jealous of the attention her brother gets from their parents while he’s sick in this twentieth book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse!

When Sophie’s brother, Winston, gets sick, Sophie feels bad for him…at first. But when she sees how much attention he’s getting from their parents, she starts to feel something else: jealousy. Sophie normally loves school, but now she wishes she could stay home and play all day like Winston. But when Sophie begins to get the sniffles herself, she realizes she was much better off without them.

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Sophie Mouse chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Little Simon
• Release date: May 2, 2023
• ISBN: 9781665936224

Poppy Green

Poppy Green can talk to animals! Unfortunately, they never talk back to her. So she started writing in order to imagine what they might say and do when humans aren’t watching. Poppy lives on the edge of the woods in Connecticut, where her backyard is often a playground for all kinds of wildlife: birds, rabbits, squirrels, voles, skunks, deer, and the occasional wild turkey.

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Cover: Under the Weather, by Poppy Green, illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell

The Adventures of Sophie Mouse

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Under the Weather

by Poppy Green • illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell

Under the Weather, by Poppy Green, illustrated by Jennifer A. Bell, Little Simon Trade

Chapter 1

Adventure Explorers

Sophie Mouse peered through the binoculars. She gazed across the meadow at a patch of flowers that were called nodding onions. The purple blooms swayed in the breeze.

Sophie thought onion flowers looked like they were from another planet.

There! Sophie called out. The alien onions. Do you see them, junior explorer?

Next to her, Sophie’s little brother, Winston, did not answer. She looked over at him. They were playing adventure explorers, which was usually Winston’s favorite game. But today he didn’t seem so into it.

Junior explorer? Sophie said again. She turned to look at her brother. I said—

Sophie stopped. Winston’s nose was all scrunched.

Achoo! He sneezed. Sorry, Winston said. Then he raised his binoculars to his eyes. Where are these alien onions?

It was the perfect Sunday in the flower meadow, sunny and cool. Sophie’s favorite kind of day. All around them, the flowers were in full bloom—bluebonnet, orange butterfly weed, and white blazing star.

ACHOO! Winston sneezed again, louder this time.

Are you okay? Sophie asked him.

Winston sniffed. I think so, he replied.

Sophie handed him a handkerchief. Maybe it’s allergies, Sophie said. "From all the