The Adventures of Titmouse: Written and illustrated by Tineke Timmerman

By Martina H Lindsay

The Adventures of Titmouse is a story of a little mouse who truly believes she has found a perfect home.

Have you heard about the adventures of Titmouse? Titmouse is the mouse who lives in the house where George lives.

George is big so much bigger that Titmouse; not that Titmouse knows how b

• Language: English
• Publisher: TT Products
• Release date: Dec 20, 2023
• ISBN: 9780648637714

Martina H Lindsay

Martina Lindsay writes under her childhood name, Tineke Timmerman. Having lived in Tasmania for 50 years and now living in NSW her stories and writing are heavily influenced by the serenity of her environment. In recent years Martina has developed her artistic ability and has included her own illustrations, which enrich her stories.

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1 Someone’s Here

The first thing the tiny mouse ever knew was the breath of her mother and her mother’s warmth. Her Mum loved her, this she knew because her Mum had nudged her close and because she was so small, so much smaller than her three, six, no, maybe eight siblings. Titmouse couldn’t count yet but there were lots of tickles from an awful lot of paws, all trying to get a feed from Mum. Titmouse waited till Mum nudged her closer, she loved that extra care it made her feel special.

For weeks, all Titmouse did was eat, sleep, and wake to being tickled by her sisters and brothers as they started searching for a feed from their Mum. Yes, Titmouse was loved, Mum always welcomed her at feed time. Titmouse she would say, you need to grow, or you won’t ever manage on your own. Titmouse didn’t want to be on her own. What did that mean anyway?

As her family grew, she stayed small, she was no longer a tiny mouse, but her family were strong and bigger