The Burgess Animal Book For Children in "Teeny Weeny And His Cousin"

"I hope Old Mother Nature will put him where we can get a good look at him," replied Ryder. "Perhaps when you really see him he won't look so much like a Mouse."

When all had arrived Old Mother Nature began the morning lesson at once. "You have learned about all the families in the order of Rodents," said she, "so now we will take up another and much smaller order called Insectivora.