Anatole Over Paris

Anatole #4

by Eve Titus, Paul Galdone (Illustrator)

This is a wonderful children's book. A really silly but loveable story about cute little mice in paris.

Genres: Picture Books, France, Childrens, Fiction, Adventure, Paris

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Eve Titus was the author of numerous bestselling and beloved children's books.

Her most famous characters include Anatole, a French mouse and Basil of Baker Street, a mouse who works as a private eye. Her book, Anatole, won the 1957 Caldecott Honor Book award.

She died in 2002 in Orlando, Florida.

Reviews

[Calista · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is another great Anatole story. Eve made this one unique. It is not much about the cheese factory. This is about an adventure that the whole Anatole family went on. Anatole finds a kite and he brings it home. They are repairing it when a gust of wind picks it up and sends them flying. They are in a dangerous situation. A bird helps them get halfway down and strands them at the top of the Eiffel tower. They make quite a stir getting down and they become heroes in the city.

This is my 2nd favorite of the series. She keeps with the color scheme of only using Red, White, blue or black for the colors. I love the series and the kids are enjoying it too.

The niece thought this was a great story. She also figured out how they were going to get down from the Eiffel tower. She gave this 5 stars. She likes Anatole. The nephew thought this was pretty good too. He likes the character of Anatole also. He gave this 4 stars. He didn’t know what was going to happen and he got some good surprises from this story. He was pleased.

[deborah o'carroll (offline during 2026) · Rating 3 out of 5]

So cute!

[Josiah · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a good adventure about a French mouse and his family, and what happens to them when they fix up a kite and are blown with it up along the skyline of Paris. The text is humorous at times and the adventure goes all over the place, unpredictable and suspenseful. This is sure to be a delight for young readers.

[Jaimie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Titus ventures out of the Duvale Cheese Factory in this book to give Anatole and his family the adventure of a lifetime. The ever-enterprising mouse brings home a damaged kite with the idea to repair it and create an amusing toy for his children. How could he predict the disastrous results that occur when the kite is repaired and a wayward gust of wind blows the family high into the skies over Paris! Well, maybe it wasn’t such a good idea to put a family of mice on a human-sized kite, but all is made well through Anatole’s bargain with a bird (for a partial rescue) and his sacrifice of the kite material to make parachutes to get his family safely to the ground. Only Anatole could turn this situation to his advantage - if the Parisian skies don’t daunt him, what more challenge can the rest of the world offer? I guess we’ll see when he jaunts off to Italy in the next book!

[Luisa Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

Titus has delivered another fabulous mouse tale! I loved this one as much as the others. You and your children are sure to love Anatole as he's clever, sweet and noble. The illustrations are splendid!

Ages: 4 - 8

Cleanliness: a family of mice and a friend all kiss each other after their adventure.

#geography #europe #france #paris

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[CLM · Rating 3 out of 5]

I got my first (public) library card when I was in first grade but this is the first book I recall picking out myself and checking out of my school library, and even then I remember loving the fact that Anatole was a French mouse...

[Dani Kappel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is cute, a good introduction to Paris and France. It tells the story of a cleaver mouse and his travels through Paris. It is peppered with French words as well. I'd recommend it for ages 3-6. It's good for vocabulary and narrative skill.

[C.G.Koens · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mice on a kite, over Paris, parachuting from the Eiffel Tower, with a dastardly bird, and a tiny mouse Louvre. It just doesn't get much better. Vive la Mouse Magnifique!

[Lagobond · Rating 1 out of 5]

Oh this was a sad mess of a story. A weak plot and uninteresting language.

There are three excellent books in this series: Anatole, Anatole in Italy, and Anatole and the Thirty Thieves. Anatole and the Robot is quite good as well. Eve Titus should have quit there, because the rest of the series is awful. Feels like this is one of those authors who, after a big (and well-deserved) initial hit, signed a publishing contract that asked for more than she had to offer.

[Lu · Rating 5 out of 5]

That was so cute. I love the illustrations. I love the story. I love the lines. I love the random French phrases interweaved into the English story.



These are my favorite parts:

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“Forget your fears and dry your tears!”
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“As the saying goes, he who gives nothing, gets nothing.”

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Wiggly worm salad

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Remember, the old french saying – one never goes so far as when one doesn’t know where one is going.

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Fee, fie, fo, fiddlesticks!

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“What next, on this day of surprising surprises?”

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OF THEE WE SQUEAK, MOUSE MAGNIFIQUE!

[Brenda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I discovered Anatole Over Paris on one of my friend, Leah’s many bookshelves. What a delight! Anatole is a mouse who works as a cheese taster (natch), and this story (number 4 of 10) takes place on a kite! On to number 1 in the series!

[What April's Reading · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute book about a mouse family that finds themselves in the air, over Paris, with a kite and a breeze.

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