Maria has a mouse for a friend, and Mouse Mouse has a human for a friend. They believe they must keep this a secret because their families would react terribly. One night when both of them went to bed at the same time, doing the same routine, they called for their mothers to read them a bedtime story. Their mothers don't come. They look all throughout (their part) of the house and cannot find their mothers. They go out to the shed and run into each other before getting there. They open the door together and find their mothers having a wonderful chat! 
 I stopped to look at every single page of this book--the illustrations are so detailed and almost tell another story on their own. 
 Great for preschool storytimes.