Introducing Oscar the Mouse!
By @MaxGraber @AZNewsMedia
Oscar has a problem.
He ate too much cheese and now his stomach hurts.
See, Oscar is a mouse so it’s off to the vet for him.
And so begins the second installment in the series on Oscar by 101-year-old Scottsdale resident Sam Baker.
Oscar is a friendly, inquisitive little mouse. Think of a well-mannered 4-year-old child, and you’ve got Oscar’s character, Baker said.
One day, about three years ago, Baker sat up in bed and decided to write a book about Oscar.
The idea came from a pet rat Baker had growing up in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
“She was the nicest pet,” Baker said. “She was always cleaning herself but you can’t write about a rat because people will get turned off, but they accept mice.”
His motivation was simple, to get kids reading and using their imagination.
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