cover image Little Rat Rides

Little Rat Rides

Monika Bang-Campbell. Harcourt Children's Books, $15 (48pp) ISBN 978-0-15-204667-5

After conquering the high seas in Little Rat Sets Sail, the ever-ambitious hero saddles up in Little Rat Rides by Monika Bang-Campbell, illus. by Molly Bang. Little Rat hopes to ride horseback in the big Fourth of July parade, just like her father-despite the sneering Chrissy Goat and a bevy of ""bumps and bruises.""