Della Ross Ferreri’s The Mouse Buffet: A Christmas Treat (9781534113381, $18.99) is especially lovely in its holiday illustrations by Tim Bowers, who brings to life the mice who enjoy a good buffet table as much as any human (“Dip the ladle. Slurp the punch. Candy canes! Crunchity crunch.”) The whimsical descriptions of mice that have fun raiding a holiday buffet will delight kids with their action-packed scenarios, food-laden encounters, and fun stories of mice on the run.