Richard Laymon has created an engaging (if lengthy)story. Alan Clark's illustrations are detailed and colorful, and the book is a visual treat.

In the end, far away from his cozy home in the library, Timothy discovers that having adventures is even better than reading about them. Timothy dreams of going trick or treating but must first survive an encounter with the neighborhood cat involving a jack-o-lantern. After escaping a run in with a snake thanks to a piece of candy corn. One Halloween night, Timothy gathers his courage to leave the library to go on an adventure. Timothy Maywood Usher Mouse lives in the library, reading about fantastic adventures. I found this to be a very successful children's book I liked it! It is beautifully illustrated, and makes for a great one-two punch of story and art. Now this is also an illustrated book, and Alan Clark is the illustrator. Laymon takes the care to describe and flesh out his story, instead of just having a paragraph a page, like most children's books do. And it also has some length to the story. Now, this story does have the 'cute' feature, but, it's strong point is, that it’s a well written story.

Usually, with most children's stories, the first descriptive term is 'cute'. The story tells of his adventurous day, and what befalls the mouse. But, the mouse finally finds a day that is perfect for him to leave, and it just happens to be on Halloween. the mouse decides that he wants an adventure for himself, but he is too scared to leave the library. It’s a story of a mouse that lives in the library, and he reads about all these fascinating adventures in the books. In that context, along with the fact that it is a children's story, made it an interesting read, for me. I would assume it was one of the last pieces that he was working on. The Halloween Mouse is a Halloween children's story by Richard Laymon, that was released after his death.

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