Say hello to Marty Moose, Post Mouse extra-ordinaire!

I just ADORE Claire Powell’s art, so when I saw this book I just had to have it. 1) For the art. 2) For the story which sounded like so much fun.

In this book we meet Marty Moose, yes, he is clearly a mouse and well his name is all because of an inkblot (which you can also see in the title which is such a fun idea). He has a big family and bigger plans. He wants to follow into his great-aunt’s mouse steps and became a postie. I loved that he had dreams and that he was so eager to get started!

In this book we follow Marty on his very first day as a post mouse. From stepping into his outfit to getting his mail bag to finally delivering mail. I loved how eager he was though haha, he did give up a bit fast, then again I wonder if I had done the same had I been stuck in the burrows of rabbits who apparently didn’t care for any logical numbering of doors. I loved following Marty and learning more about him. He is quite the dapper mouse and I feel he has a great future ahead of him.

The book is full of chaos, all fun chaos. From strange characters to confusing numbers to toads that are really not in the mood for each other (and will go full war toad) to pranks to booby traps.

I wasn’t a fan of the shrew but I am glad to say that he will get his comeuppance.

I am still on the fence in regards to Nibbles Frizzby. I love her name and it made me laugh so hard when I said it out loud. But I just have a very low tolerance for over the top annoying/obnoxious characters and Nibbles has absolutely no clue how things/life works it seems. If she wants to toot her trumpet or just hop around without a care she will do that even if it is not the time/moment. At times I wanted to shake her because of how dumb she acted. Other times I quite liked her, I liked how she stuck with Marty and how she helped him out (even if that meant a few broken packages).

The illustrations, well, duh, they are fabulous. As expected!

All in all, I would highly recommend this terrific fun book to all. As for me? I cannot wait for the next book in the series!