Maisy Goes Camping

Lucy Cousins. Candlewick Press (MA), $13.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-7636-2369-2

New titles extend popular children's series. The inimitable mouse and her friends head to the country and pop a tent in Maisy Goes Camping by Lucy Cousins. After singing songs 'round the campfire, the gang heads for bed. But will they all fit inside the tent?

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