Supermouse and the Big Cheese Robbery

Supermouse and the Big Cheese Robbery by M. N. Tahl, illustrated by Mark Chambers
 
Mouseopolis is buzzing. The Mayor is about to unveil the Big Cheese—the most magnificent morsel the city has ever seen—but when the curtain rises, the display is empty. A taunting note and a trail of stinky crumbs are all the thieves have left behind.
 
This looks like a job for Supermouse. Behind the mask is seemingly ordinary Peter Parmesan, who follows the clues from Hickory Dickory Docks to a shadowy warehouse. Monsterella, Gorgonzola, Manchego and Dr Hickory are waiting, however, and their secret lair contains a bubbling vat of fondue, treacherous trapdoors and a plan to cut the cheese for good.
 
Innovative die-cut holes change as the pages turn, while layered lift-the-flaps reveal newspaper reports, suspects, hidden rooms, Supermouse's telephone-box transformation and sudden reversals in the chase. Mark Chambers fills Mouseopolis with clocks, signs, cheese jokes and visual clues, rewarding careful inspection as well as energetic reading aloud.
 
Fast, funny and gloriously cheesy, this interactive superhero mystery combines a complete crime-solving adventure with puns, alliteration, comic-book references and a triumphant string-cheese-lasso rescue.