The Greatest Gift: Junior Library Guild Selection, 2017, Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Books for Kids, 2017 (Heartwood Hotel, 2, Band 2)

Courage, kindness, and adventure abounds in this charming, illustrated chapter book series about a mouse discovering the true meaning of home. Mona the mouse has finally found a place to call home, the cozy Heartwood Hotel, where she works as a maid and sleeps snuggled up in a room with her best friend. Following the festive St. Slumber celebration, most of the guests have settled in to hibernate, and the staff is looking forward to a relaxing winter. But disruptions abound, from a difficult duchess to a mysterious midnight snacker. As the snow stacks higher, Mona will have to gather friends both old and new to keep the peace, finding help in some of the most unexpected places.

These heartwarming stories will delight newly independent readers and send them scurrying for the third book in the series, Better Together.