''Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears'' is a 2007 children's

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written and illustrated by

Emily Gravett Emily Gravett (born 1972) is an English author and illustrator of children's literature, children's picture books. For her debut book ''Wolves (book), Wolves'' published in 2005 and ''Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears'' published three years late ...

, published by Macmillan. It won the annual

Kate Greenaway Medal The Carnegie Medal for Illustration (until 2022 the Kate Greenaway Medal) is a British award that annually recognises "distinguished illustration in a book for children". It is conferred upon the illustrator by the Chartered Institute of Librar ...

from the professional librarians as the year's best-illustrated children's book published in the U.K. It was also bronze runner up for the

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in ages category 6–8 years.Nestlé Children's Book Prize
. It is represented as an

activity book An activity book is a type of book, generally aimed at children, which contains interactive content such as games, puzzles, quizzes, pictures to colour and other elements that involve writing or drawing in the book itself. The book may, or may no ...

(intended for the user to document their own fears and how they overcame them) that has been filled in and illustrated by "Little Mouse". The front cover

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shows the title ''Little Mouse's ~~Emily Gravett's~~ Big Book of Fears'' and a hole chewed by a mouse. The book was published in the U.S. by Simon & Schuster in 2008. At least in the U.S., the

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also gives that form and notes, "Previously published in 2007 under title: Emily Gravett's big book of fears." That is in the tradition of her first Greenaway Medal-winner ''

Wolves The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the grey wolf or gray wolf, is a canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, including the dog and dingo, though gr ...

'' (Macmillan, 2005), about a rabbit, which was published in the U.S. as "''Wolves'' by Emily Grrrabbit". In the book are sketches and collages of some of the many things Little Mouse is afraid of, including creepy crawlies, sharp knives, and being eaten. The correct scientific name for each of these fears is given in the corner of the page.

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* {{worldcat , oclc=180756580 —immediately, first US edition 2007 children's books British picture books Kate Greenaway Medal–winning works Children's books about mice and rats Macmillan Publishers books