The Tribes of Redwall: Mice

brian jacques jonathan walker

Puzzles, quizzes, a full-color pull-out poster, and a wealth of information about the mice tribes and clans of the world of Redwall comprise the third guide in the series of booklet guides to Redwall. Original.

Genres fantasychildrensanimalsanimal fictionmiddle gradehigh fantasyyoung adult

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2003

Series

Tribes of Redwall

This edition

Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Published: September 9, 2004 by Philomel
ISBN: 9780399242830
ASIN: 039924283X
Language: English

About the author

brian jacques

Brian Jacques (pronounced 'jakes') was born in Liverpool, England on June 15th, 1939. Along with forty percent of the population of Liverpool, his ancestral roots are in Ireland, County Cork to be exact.

Brian grew up in the area around the Liverpool docks, where he attended St. John's School, an inner city school featuring a playground on its roof. At the age of ten, his very first day at St. John's foreshadowed his future career as an author; given an assignment to write a story about animals, he wrote a short story about a bird who cleaned a crocodile's teeth. Brian's teacher could not, and would not believe that a ten year old could write so well. When young Brian refused to falsely say that he had copied the story, he was caned as "a liar". He had always loved to write, but it was only then that he realized he had a talent for it.
He wrote Redwall for the children at the Royal Wavertree School for the Blind in Liverpool, where as a truck driver, he delivered milk. Because of the nature of his first audience, he made his style of writing as descriptive as possible, painting pictures with words so that the schoolchildren could see them in their imaginations. He remained a patron of the school until his death.

Brian lived in Liverpool, where his two grown sons, Marc, a carpenter and bricklayer, and David, a professor of Art and a muralist, still reside. David Jacques' work can be seen in Children's hospitals, soccer stadiums, and trade union offices as far away as Germany, Mexico, and Chile (not to mention Brian's photo featured in most of his books).

Brian also ran a weekly radio show on BBC Radio Merseyside, until October 2006, where he shared his comedy and wit, and played his favourites from the world of opera - he was a veritable expert on The Three Tenors.

When he was wasn't writing, Brian enjoyed walking his dog 'Teddy', a white West Highland Terrier, and completing crossword puzzles. When he found time he read the works of Mario Puzo, Damon Runyon, Richard Condon, Larry McMurty, and P.G. Wodehouse. He was also known to cook an impressive version of his favourite dish, spaghetti and meatballs.

Sadly, Brian passed away on the 5th February 2011.

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isahbellah

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April 26,2025

Perfectly serviceable companion piece and quiz to the Redwall books that's also not at all worth the almost two hundred dollar asking price it's going for on Amazon (out-of-print books will do that). It was also packaged with a free poster loaded with fun little mouse drawings.

Docked a star because the Byrony profile says that she learned that "inborn evil is irreclaimable" by raising Veil Sixclaw because I hate the whole "the vermin races are just born evil" world-building of Redwall.

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