Time to Smell the Roses by Michael Hoeye

Then a mysterious old chipmunk appears in Hermux’s shop with what he claims to be a map to the royal library of a prehistoric kingdom of cats. While militant mice organize to stop the show, most of Pinchester’s stylish set vies for invitations to the gala opening. After all, cats are not a popular topic in a city of rodents and everyone knows they never really existed. All of Pinchester is in an uproar over his friend Mirrin Stentrill’s visionary new paintings monumental portraits of CATS! The Pinchester Museum announces Mirrin’s exhibition, and Mayor Pinkwiggin immediately vows to shut it down. No Time Like Show Time on: Amazon | Bookshop.Our favorite mouse and watchmaker, Hermux Tantamoq, is up to his ears in trouble again. I look forward to finishing (mourning) the series and - recognizing it's one of the least-known in children's literature right now? - my reviews will go totally unnoticed. I had the fourth book marked as read, but I don't actually think that's true - I have no memory of reading it and had to buy it used recently. And of course there's Tucka, who is literally the most Extra before Extra was a thing. Hermux always does the right thing, and he is rewarded for it.

The lessons in these books are just as clear without us.Īnd lessons there are many - good ones, too! Michael Hoeye always injects classic good vs evil themes and his hero shows true bravery, honor, loyalty and courage. Beyond the analytical and psychological reasons, for me personally it's just very comforting to take a break from humans. I've been reading a lot lately about mythic folklore and children's literature, and talking animals, shockingly, comes up quite a lot. We meet old favorites, like Linka, new heroes, like Hermux's hilarious best friend Nip, and vicious villains with multiple identities and evil plans! It's all very charming - a solid mystery, characters you can root for, and even a little bit of romance. This, the third book in the series, takes Hermux and his charming pet Terfle to the theater. they're wonderfully clever and entertaining.

To me they are up there with Roald Dahl, Eva Ibbotson, the Redwall books. I know that the Hermux Tantamoq Adventures were popular upon publication, I have no idea why they didn't stay popular beyond that.

Time to Smell the Roses by Michael Hoeye