Eve Titus
Encyclopedia
Eve Titus was a children's author most famous for her books featuring anthropomorphic mice
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Her most famous characters include Anatole
, a heroic and resourceful French
mouse and Basil of Baker Street
, a Victorian age mouse private detective who emulates Sherlock Holmes
. Both characters have been the subject of animated adaptation
s.
Mouse
A mouse is a small mammal belonging to the order of rodents. The best known mouse species is the common house mouse . It is also a popular pet. In some places, certain kinds of field mice are also common. This rodent is eaten by large birds such as hawks and eagles...
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Her most famous characters include Anatole
Anatole (mouse)
Anatole is the title character in a series of children's books written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone.Anatole is a mouse who lives in an un-named 'mouse village' outside the French city of Paris, commuting by bicycle who was foraging for food when he overheard some humans complaining...
, a heroic and resourceful French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
mouse and Basil of Baker Street
Basil of Baker Street
Basil of Baker Street is a children's book series created by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. The stories focus on Basil of Baker Street and his personal biographer Doctor David Q. Dawson. Together they solve the many crimes and cases of the mouse world...
, a Victorian age mouse private detective who emulates Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The fantastic London-based "consulting detective", Holmes is famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve...
. Both characters have been the subject of animated adaptation
Adaptation
An adaptation in biology is a trait with a current functional role in the life history of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection. An adaptation refers to both the current state of being adapted and to the dynamic evolutionary process that leads to the adaptation....
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Books by Eve Titus
- Anatole (1956)
- Anatole and the Cat (1957)
- Anatole and the Piano (1966)
- Anatole and the Pied Piper (1979)
- Anatole and the Poodle (1965)
- Anatole and the Robot (1960)
- Anatole and the Thirty Thieves (1969)
- Anatole and the Toy Shop (1970)
- Anatole in Italy (1963)
- Anatole Over Paris (1961)
- Basil of Baker StreetBasil of Baker StreetBasil of Baker Street is a children's book series created by Eve Titus and illustrated by Paul Galdone. The stories focus on Basil of Baker Street and his personal biographer Doctor David Q. Dawson. Together they solve the many crimes and cases of the mouse world...
(1958) - Basil and the Lost Coloney (1964)
- Basil and the Pygmy Cats (1971)
- Basil in Mexico (1976)
- Basil in the Wild West (1982)
- The Kitten Who Couldn't Purr (1960)
- Mouse and the Lion (1962)
- Mr Shaw's Shipshape ShoeshopMr Shaw's Shipshape ShoeshopMr. Shaw's Shipshape Shoeshop is a 1970 children's picture book written by Eve Titus and illustrated by Larry Ross. Unlike Titus' other books the story does not feature an anthromorphic mouse...
(1970) - The Two Stonecutters (1967)
- Why the Wind God Wept (1972)
External links
- Bibliography at SciFanSciFanSciFan is an online database for fans of science fiction and fantasy books.The site provides detailed bibliographies, linking books together into series' where appropriate and, in turn, grouping series by universe...