Marie Louise's House Dowa-kan Publishing It was distributed, but I didn't like it and didn't read it. It was kept neatly on the bookshelf. Written by Natalie Savage Carlson Illustrated by Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey Translated by Natsuko Hoshikawa Format: Large-format color Size: 26 x 21 cm / 32P Release date: August 20, 1996 Price: ¥1650 Contents Marie Louise is a mongoose girl. "She's usually a good girl. But one day, she became a bad girl." After getting into too much mischief, her mother spanks her. Feeling out of sorts, Marie Louise declares, "I'm going to run away and find a new mother." Her mother says, "You won't find a new mother so easily. You'll get hungry before then," and makes her a sandwich. Marie Louise visits her acquaintances, asking them to make her their child, but is turned down everywhere. So, she changes her strategy, thinking it would be easier to find a father than a mother. Just then, she hears from a wizard frog that a woman who wants a child has just visited, and she runs after her. Yes, faster than lightning.