The occasion was a library event to promote reading among young children, with the lure of a "meet and greet" with Maisy, a free book for every child, and a free swanky coffee for frazzled parents.

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Book character Maisy Mouse will be making a guest appearance at Haslingden Library on Tuesday 10th June between 1.30 and 2.30pm. Children can have their photograph taken with Maisy and there is a ...

Little book lovers transformed into dozens of tiny mice when they went along to Finchampstead Library for a morning summer fun on Friday. Maisy the Mouse was the inspiration for the event with little ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Maisy, the indomitable girl-mouse heroine of children's board books for more than 25 years, could well have been a moppet called Sally.