The Guard Mouse
By (Author) Don Freeman
By (author) Don Freeman
Royal Collection Trust
Royal Collection Trust
18th November 2025
18th September 2025
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Hardback
48
Width 215mm, Height 280mm
Clyde the mouse is a guard at Buckingham Palace who leaves his post to take his American cousins on an adventure tour of London.
Clyde is a guard mouse at Buckingham Palace whose job is to keep small creatures from creeping through the wall, and he takes his job very seriously. When his American cousins come to visit Clyde leaves his post to take them on an adventure across London.
This special facsimile edition brings Don Freeman's 1967 story back to life. Charming vintage illlustrations explore London through the eyes of a very special mouse.
Don Freeman was the author of 37 children's books, graphic novels and autobiographies, during a career that spanned six decades. With the creative support of his wife and collaborator, Lydia Cooley, Freeman created dozens of children's books, including the Corduroy series (1968).