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Introducing Mouse! Mouse loves to collect and reuse bottlecaps, tins, and boxes for crafts ranging from mini pies, a milk carton house and a tiny wagon! Mouse (and best friend Ginger) work together in the Mousetown bakery and are the tiny stars of this book.

In Mousetown, an inventive craft and story book published by Union Square & Co, you can follow Mouse through their day from getting ready to traveling to work, closing shop, grocery shopping, party prep, and throwing a surprise party for their friend, Ginger. There are 30+ crafty activities throughout the book that use recycled materials to recreate the story's scenes and tiny props so kids can follow along or make their own mini worlds!

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Jodi Levine is a lifelong crafter and founder of SuperMakeIt, a brand celebrating crafts made from everyday materials. Jodi spent 19 years at Martha Stewart Living, where she was Editorial Director of Martha Stewart Kids and Baby magazines. She develops craft content for brands such as Sesame Workshop and is a regular contributor to publications such as the New York Times and The Week Junior. She was a judge on HBO's Craftopia, and has appeared on The Today Show and elsewhere. She lives in the Hudson Valley, NY, with her family.

Margaret McCartney has illustrated two previous books for children, This Is a Book to Read with a Worm and We're Not Gonna Take It. Her illustrations and designs have appeared on everything from garden gloves to kids clothes to holiday ornaments. She lives in New York City with her family including their cat, Marie, who has mixed feelings about mice. You can see more of her work at margaret-mccartney.com.

Margaret and Jodi have been friends since they met at RISD, and their shared love of nattily dressed mice, crafts, and all things miniature made this book so much fun to create. Please visit themousetown.com for more mouse-based crafts, activities, and printable patterns and illustrations.

Kids Club: Mousetown Crafting with Jodi Levine

Saturday, September 7 · 11am - 12pm
145 Palisade Street #Suite 200 Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

Jodi Levine, longtime HudCo member and nationally known craft expert, is hosting a Kids Club to introduce us all to Mouse, of her new book Mousetown.

Mouse loves to collect and reuse bottlecaps, tins, and boxes for crafts ranging from mini pies, a milk carton house and a tiny wagon! Mouse (and best friend Ginger) work together in Mousetown’s bakery and are the tiny stars of this book.

At the HudCo Kids Club event, Jodi will lead kids ages 5-11 to build miniature items and scenes from the book. She'll also have crafts from the book on display!

A Book Party for Jenny Rosenstrach and Jodi Levine

Wednesday, September 18 6:30pm
145 Palisade Street #Suite 200 Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522

You're invited to a party to celebrate the publication of books by two longtime HudCo authors and friends: The Weekday Vegetarians: Get Simple, a cookbook by Dinner: A Love Story's Jenny Rosenstrach, and Mousetown, a childrens' craft and storybook by Supermakeit's Jodi Levine and Margaret McCartney. There will be snacks, signings, and a short talk and Q&A with Jenny and Bloomy Cheese & Provisions owner Jessica Galen.

We encourage you to purchase your books through HudCo’s bookstore co-host Picture Book, either through the tickets, on this website (www.picturebookny.com), or on bookshop.org.