Omaha author and Bible teacher, Tara Rye has created a long needed book for children, Mandy Mouse Lives at Lydia House is illustrated by Molinda Sunde.Mandy Mouse Lives at Lydia House is the story of a Momma mouse and Mandy, an adorable creature with a curl that insists on flipping this way and that.
One day Momma mouse explained their predicament to Mandy. She’d lost her job and they don’t have even enough money for a jar of honey. Shortly they are evicted from their home and have no place to live. With no place to go, they got in their car and drove to a park not too far away.
Under the stars Mandy Mouse says to her Momma, “I love to watch the stars in the sky. They make me feel safe in the park late at night. The stars are bright and they give us light.” Momma Mouse smiled and patted Mandy’s head.
Although Momma and Mandy live in a car, the children at school do not know about the situation. After months of near starvation, Mandy cries out to God, “God will you show yourself to me?”
The results of that prayer are how Mandy and Momma eventually end up at Lydia House, a part of the Open Door Mission in Omaha, a special place for those in desperate circumstances.
Rye has added the Homelessness facts we need to know—three and a half million in our nation and two thousand in the city of Omaha are homeless today.
Although the story is about a mouse family, it pertains to the real facts around us. Mandy attended school and her classmates had no idea of her situation, or that she lived in a car. Every home should have Mandy Mouse in their library to create an awareness of the problems other families struggle with daily, homelessness is real.
Special Note: 100 % of the proceeds from Mandy Mouse goes to Lydia House to help with homelessness.
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