Fourth grade is difficult enough without the loss of a beloved grandparent and a move to a new school. Alex B. Johnson, however, had some unique help getting through the year.
Now, 30 years later, someone sent a package of tiny books to Alex's daughter, Katie. The books are about that difficult 4th grade year when her dad experienced many changes. It is also about the year he met a family of rather unusual mice: mice who had their own problems.
Swute is a thoughtful, little mouse who has taken up residence in Alex's belly button. "I "am" imaginary in there" he reassures Alex. But...