The mouse and his child

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1. defrostOct 2023
   Film critic Roger Ebert wrote that the book was "so banal that it had to be sold to adults; kids would have seen through it."

   You might have fared better with Russell Hoban's The Mouse and His Child .. it's a cracking search for the secret of being self-winding.

   http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/mouse.html

   Failing that, Kleinzeit

   http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/kleinz.html

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2. defrostDec 2022
   A very broad and versatile writer, Kleinzeit is nth level absurdist, Riddley Walker is a superb post apocalytic novel, The Mouse and His Child is a simple yet deep childrens book about windup toys on the hunt for secret of becoming self winding, and that's just a few off the top of my head.

   For more, see:

   http://www.ocelotfactory.com/hoban/index.html

   http://www.russellhoban.org/

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3. ggmNov 2022
   Russell Hoban "the mouse and his child"

   https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_and_His_Child

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4. defrostOct 2026
   My grandchildren (ages 10 - 13) have been recently given and are apparently somewhat attached to

   The Mouse and His Child - Russell Hoban

   A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel - Ursula K. Le Guin, Fred Fordham

   The SAS Survival Handbook - Lofty Wiseman

   They more or less all cover the search for being self winding.

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