I had mixed feelings about this book; I liked the characters but didn’t like the illustrations. The characters in this story include Tugford, a little mouse, and his parents. Tugford likes watching movies and reading books about outlaws, hoping one day to become an outlaw. One day he thinks it would be bad to bury his parent’s money in the backyard, but then he feels bad when his parents worry about it being stolen. He goes between being this criminal to feeling guilty and his development as a character progresses to the role of a hero as the book goes on. I didn’t however really enjoy the illustrations of the book. It was published in 1981, so that might be part of it, but there wasn’t much color on each page. The drawings were simple and I think could have been improved. The main message of this story is that, when you realize people are counting on you to do good, completing the morally right task will pay off in the end. ( )