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Bonjour!
My name is Louie LaSurie.

You may know me as the “World Cup Mouse.” Welcome to the website of my good friend, Richard Seidman. Richard writes books for kids and screenplays for family films. Like it says at the top, he believes the whole world is magic. I’m not sure about that. I tend to be skeptical. But on the other hand, I have to admit that a soccer-playing mouse like me is kind of unusual, so maybe he’s right. World Cup Mouse is my favorite book of Richard’s.

He also wrote The Secret of Ebbets Field. It’s about a boy’s search for a magic treasure he thinks is hidden somewhere in the Ebbets Field baseball park. My Brother the Mouse is about a girl who accidentally turns her brother into a mouse with a magic spell. (I think I might have met him once.)

To learn more about these books, click on the “Richard’s Books” link at the top of the page. You can find out more about Richard himself by reading the interview my best friend, François DuBois, did with him recently. Just click on the “About Richard” link above.

 

Richard Seidman

Bonjour, I'm Franciois DuBois. I'm here inteviewing children's book author, Richard Seidman...
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"Where there’s a mouse, there’s a way," says Louie LaSurie. But it will take more than lofty words for Louie to achieve his goal: to be the first mouse to play for France in the World Cup soccer tournament." <read more>

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Read the first chapter of the World Cup Mouse

Listen to the First Chapter of World Cup Mouse, read by David Doersch

World Cup Mouse is available through these links:
  • Barnes & Noble
  • Amazon Indiebound Books
  • Powell's Books

Praise from readers:

My 7 year-old soccer-playing son LOVED World Cup Mouse! It's a great book for kids and parents to read together."

~ Brandi Chastain
US Olympic and World Cup Champion

It's a fun book. Louis and all his friends are funny and they always stick up for him. I was a little sad when the book was over."

~ Leo, age 8

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