Whose Mouse Are You?

By Robert Kraus

I just found a reading of this book on YouTube. It's a very simple story in a question-response format, but the resolve of the mouse to change his situation was unexpected, on my part, and inspiring. What is even more interesting about this video clip is that it's read in Jamaican Patois, the creole language of that country. The theme of Kraus' story resonates with the people's struggle to reclaim their culture and heritage in the aftermath of colonization.