Squeaky Cleaners in a Stew! is written by Vivan French and illustrated by Anna Currey.
These books are written for younger readers who are wanting to read novels with chapters, but obviously easier to read on their own without help.
Squeaky Cleaners are a three mice team, Nina, Gina and Fred. Their motto is no room is too messy, no house is too big for the Squeaky Cleaners.
One day they receive a call to clean Miss Kitty's house. They are all frightened to go but to be able to have cheese pie they need to clean this house.
Miss Kitty's plan is to have the mice in her house and then she can make a nice mouse stew for her mother.
The mice's plan is to go in, clean really fast and then leave but they dont know Miss Kitty's plan. However when they get there, Miss Kitty locks the door behind them so they can't escape. They start cleaning and then Fred comes up with a plan. Miss Kitty is having troubles with her stew so he offers to help and tells her that she needs nice mice for the stew, not mice that taste like soap and cleaning products. They tell her that they will help to find her some nice mice and she lets them leave, thinking that they will return. However Fred, Gina and Nina return home, nice and safe with all of Miss Kitty's vegetables to eat for dinner.
This book follows the traditional narrative sequence with an orientation, problem and a resolution.
I think this book is telling children to not go anywhere they dont feel safe and comfortable. However in the end, this book is a laugh to read, which students really get involved into.
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