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Reviewed by Emily-Jane Hills Orford for Readers' Favorite
Mortimer is a mole. He lives in the dark, deep underground. Since the day he was born, all he was taught was how to dig and to stay underground where it was safe. All he was given to eat were worms. Mortimer was a progressive sort of mole. He heard music coming from above ground. He had a feeling there was something more exciting to life than just digging tunnels. His father continued to scold Mortimer when he was found daydreaming instead of digging. Finally, Mortimer decided to find out for himself. When his father wasn’t watching, he dug a secret tunnel that would take him above ground. One night, after everyone was asleep, Mortimer went above ground. At first he couldn’t see, but his new friend, Ralph the Rat, helped him resolve that. And Mortimer started to learn new things. He discovered the joys of baseball, he learned the pleasure of listening to someone sing, and he ate his first hot dog. And, when he returned home, he was even able to convince his father that maybe there was something above ground that was worth investigating.
Mary T. Kincaid’s charming young people’s story, Mortimer, will attract readers young and old to the simple pleasures of discovering something new and being brave enough to explore beyond one’s given boundaries. We are all made different, as Mortimer proves, and we all want to belong in many places. Mortimer wants to belong with his mole family, but he also wants to belong to the exciting world of baseball and music that he finds above ground. The story teaches young readers about the life of a mole, but it also opens their eyes to a different perspective on the world around us, like a baseball game seen through the eyes of a mole. A delight to read.
