Fiona the Theater Mouse

Fiona is one of a litter of mice that was born behind the wall of the dressing room closet in the Noodle Soup Community Theater. Though Ma Mouse's warnings are meant to keep her safe, Fiona wanders onto the stage when no one is around and meets a friend who shows her the theater from a different perspective.

Fiona faces danger, excitement, and a return home where her family is in peril. Can she save them with her new friend's help?

Fiona the Theater Mouse is a 64 page book of ten chapters that will appeal to children in grades K-4. Great as a read aloud with dialogue and a moving plot line. The chapters are short and the font is large enough for a child to manage (and easy on an adult's eyes when reading aloud).

Some of the vocabulary will be challenging for younger children to manage independently, but when read aloud first and accompanied with the activities in the study guide, children will be pleased at the new words they will learn within the context of a fun story. 

During the early school years, children focus on finding a friend with whom they can play and who will be true. So many children struggle with the all-important task of finding friendship that books about friendship become very important at this age. 

In this story, Fiona proves how challenging friendship can sometimes be. She also risks her own comfort in order to save her friend. At the same time, Fiona is true to her family and their needs, not abandoning them when they are in danger.

This all happens with the backdrop of humans practicing and performing the play Brigadoon. Although the play itself is not focused on, the names of the characters become the baby mice's names and some of the songs and dances are happening while the mouse acts in her own life drama.

Fiona the Theater Mouse
Where you can purchase the book.

You can also keep up with Fiona and her activities by following her Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/FionaTheTheaterMouse

Fiona is now on CD, and there's a new book in the series out soon!

When my sons were in high school, they were very involved with the Yoh Players, their high school theater group. The Yoh Players is directed by Harriet Worrell, an amazingly talented woman who has a knack for demanding and receiving a high level of performance from her actors. The theater group, which hails from Woodstock Union High School in Vermont, often dominates the state theater competitions and does well in regional and national competitions, too.

The year my two eldest sons were in grades 10 and 12, the Yoh Theater Players were chosen as one of two high school theater groups to represent the U.S. at the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland. When they returned, Harriet toyed with the possibility of staging the play Brigadoon as a way to extend the Scotland experience for the students. She later gave up the idea, but my niece in the state of Massachusetts was given the role of Fiona in her high school production of Brigadoon that year. It seemed like a good idea to use the play as a back drop for Fiona's adventures.