When Little Mouse is old enough to go out into the world and find a home of her own, she finds a real house full of danger, as well as a picture of a house, that she turns into the perfect house for her.

Beautiful, full-color paintings of thirty-two wildflowers--from the anemone to zigzag clover--shown in their natural settings, are accompanied by descriptions of the plants' life cycles, times of bloom, medicinal and cosmetic uses, and folklore.