Church Mouse Bookplates for boys and girls...

        His and her church mouse bookplates for little ones to label their literary collections. Just write each child's name above the mouse graphic, cut out the bookplate and paste it inside the book cover or onto the first page of each book belonging to your child. The designs are by Martha Feller King. You can find more of her bookplates for children here.  Book plates are for personal projects only and should not be redistributed from any other website but this one. Do not sale the images.

Black and white church mouse book plates for a little girl.

Black and white church mouse book plates for a little boy.

Find more free bookplates:

• Bookplates for adults at Christian Clipart Review
• Bookplates for clergy, plus descriptions

Man builds an entire mouse 

village for photography.

Kindness Is Never Wasted

       A Lion lay asleep in the forest, his great head resting on his paws. A timid little Mouse came upon him unexpectedly, and in her fright and haste to get away, ran across the Lion's nose. Roused from his nap, the Lion laid his huge paw angrily on the tiny creature to kill her.
       "Spare me!" begged the poor Mouse. "Please let me go and some day I will surely repay you."
       The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him. But he was generous and finally let the Mouse go.
       Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net. Unable to free himself, he filled the forest with his angry roaring. The Mouse knew the voice and quickly found the Lion struggling in the net. Running to one of the great ropes that bound him, she gnawed it until it parted, and soon the Lion was free.
       "You laughed when I said I would repay you," said the Mouse. "Now you see that even a Mouse can help a Lion."

What is the moral of the story? A kindness is never wasted.  

Aesop: Biography of a Great Thinker

More Mouse Entertainment:

• The Musical Mouse
• "There was a crooked man..." coloring page
• "The Lion and the Mouse Fable" in Silhouettes

Above, I have restored a tiny mouse pattern for you to
embroider. Include him on a quilt, blanket or tea towel,
 if you'd like. He might also look charming on a little
child's apron or pillow too.

Teaching Church Mice About Church

       "Time of the Church" is book number one out of a series of three, following two very curious mice, Smudge and Smidge, who decide to make a church their new home. There is a very old and wise church mouse called Elder Mouse who insists his new mice pupils should learn about the ways of all people and mice who take refuge in a Lutheran church. He first teaches them about Pentecost, it's symbols and celebrations found in scripture and practiced weekly and then after - The Holy Trinity and Reformation Day etc... Soon Smudge and Smidge are coloring and sewing all kinds of art to represent their new understanding. Included with each of the three books in the set are puzzles, games and crafts for little folks to follow along with the two artistic mice.

Here about the journey of two church mice to learn
about the times of the church and The Holy Trinity.

Book distributed by AAL

Meeting With Friends

Christopher Churchmouse read aloud 

by Christy Heiney at YouTube.

The Christopher Churchmouse Treasury teaches scriptural truths...

Church mice make plans to defeat the cat...

Belling the Cat

       The Mice once called a meeting to decide on a plan to free themselves of their enemy, the Cat. At least they wished to find some way of knowing when she was coming, so they might have time to run away. Indeed, something had to be done, for they lived in such constant fear of her claws that they hardly dared stir from their dens by night or day.
       Many plans were discussed, but none of them was thought good enough. At last a very young Mouse got up and said:
       "I have a plan that seems very simple, but I know it will be successful. All we have to do is to hang a bell about the Cat's neck. When we hear the bell ringing we will know immediately that our enemy is coming."
       All the Mice were much surprised that they had not thought of such a plan before. But in the midst of the rejoicing over their good fortune, an old Mouse arose and said:
       "I will say that the plan of the young Mouse is very good. But let me ask one question: Who will put the bell on the Cat?" Aesop's Fables

What's the moral of the story? "It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it!"

Vintage Church Mice:

• Charity Churchmouse full album at Jon Dot
• The Most Important Thing I Learned from a Life-Sized Singing Songbook