It’s a book that would be a great tool for interactive story-telling, or as a writing prompt.  In a lot of ways, it’s a story that never really comes out and tells a story.  An adult and a child mouse travel through a series of illustrations with a lot of rhyming and repeating text saying, “I’ll tell you a story of this, and I’ll tell you a story of that. I’ll tell you a story of…” but those stories are never so much told as suggested.  The illustrations definitely add to the meaning of the text.  Careful observation reveals clues in each illustration leading into the next.