Anatole and the Piano

Anatole #7

by Eve Titus

Anatole, a music-loving mouse, plays the miniature piano in the museum, saving a concert for the orphans of Paris by removing a broken string of pearls from the piano.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, France, Music

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1966

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 3 out of 5]

Anatole is just a little too perfect. He’s so good at everything and he never needs anything that it’s almost no fun to read him anymore. He seems a little arrogant now.

This is all about Anatole getting a mouse-size piano and there is only 1 in the country that actually plays. It’s all about music, this book. Anatole conducts a Symphony orchestra while working at a factory. Here, Eve Titus has her cake and eats it too. Anatole is also a world class pianist. What can’t Anatole do?

Despite all this, it is cute how Anatole ends up getting the piano, contrived, but it works for the history of the story. It’s still worth 3 stars.

The nephew wasn’t into this book. He thought this one was boring too and I think he’s getting tired of these. He gave this 1 star. It’s monster season and he wants monsters.

[donna backshall · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful book!

The illustrations were very dated but adorable. The story was wholesome and uplifting. Altogether, I am enthralled with the character of Anatole, and am going to search my library and ThriftBooks to see if I can find the rest of the series.

Why couldn't I have found Anatole when I was a little kid? I would have fallen in love with this industrious and talented little mouse.

[Sylvester (Taking a break in 2023) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3* art
3* story

[Luisa Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

Positively charming! I just love the Anatole stories - each one has met my growing expectations! You and your children are sure to love this musical tale; and the illustrations are splendid!

Ages: 4 - 8

#europe #france #paris

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[Lea Berryreadinbooks · Rating 4 out of 5]

Little known gem of children's books. All of the Anatole books are great reads. He teaches noble character, truthfulness, and integrity to little children. Mouse magnifique!

[C.G.Koens · Rating 5 out of 5]

A grand follow-up in the Anatole series, with a fine, musical ending. Find it used - you'll want to add this to your library!

[Lagobond · Rating 3 out of 5]

Children, cover your eyes: I think Eve Titus was a high when she wrote this! That said, this is another sweet story of Anatole doing a good deed to save the day. It's a bit disjointed, and personally I'm not a big fan of the benevolence toward poor orphans trope, I think the story would have worked just as well if the concert had been for any old group of kids. Regardless, I'm totally in favor of exposing kiddos to plenty of stories of kindness and altruism, so this gets a thumbs up from me.