This book is part of the Modern-Day Miniature Library, a contemporary collection of miniature handwritten and hand-bound books which has been assembled to celebrate 100 years since Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House was completed in 1924.

Of the nearly 600 books placed on the shelves of the Dolls' House Library in the 1920s, over 170 are tiny manuscripts handwritten by the most notable authors of the time. Together, these create a time capsule of literary culture.

Echoing the process of a century ago, today's writers were again asked to write by hand in miniature format. Their little pages were bound by leading contemporary designer-binders. After being displayed in an exhibition at Windsor Castle during 2024, the new collection of doll-size books will be kept together in the Royal Library.

This story, specially written for the modern collection of miniature books, has been ‘translated from Mouse Squeaks’ by Jacqueline Wilson. It is one of two of the new collection of manuscripts to be set in Queen Mary’s Dolls’ House, and follows the discoveries of a mouse who makes a home in the miniature building. It has been bound by Eri Funazaki, Fellow of Designer Bookbinders, in golden brown, grey and pink leather, with a mouse pictured across both front and back covers. The mouse wears a gold-tooled doll crown, and her tail curls across the spine, with raised bands under the leather giving texture. The top corners of the covers and the pink, white and yellow page edges have been cut so as to look nibbled by the mouse.