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I am honored to announce that the CHESTER MIDSHIPMOUSE series may now be found in the USNA NIMITZ LIBRARY. (He might also be found scurrying about there too. Studying, of course.)
Library acquisitions received the hardcover books this Fall.
Superintendent of Midshipmen Lt Gen M. J. Borgschulte sent a letter of acceptance in January and the books are now in the stacks and ready for withdrawal.

Chester loves libraries. He is a voracious reader himself.

Chester Midshipmouse book one, has been on the shelf in paperback at Nimitz Library since 2018 when it first published. The library director purchased it at a book-signing event on the Yard.
Now, all three are available for pleasure reading by midshipmen, faculty and employees, in glorious hardcover with full-color illustrations for years to come.
CHESTER MIDSHIPMOUSE 2018. Illustrations by R. Leigh Anderson
CHESTER MIDSHIPMOUSE THE SECOND THIRD 2021. Illustrations by Maggie Vandewalle
CHESTER MIDSHIPMOUSE TIME AND TIDE2023. Illustrations by Maggie Vandewalle

We are celebrating the moment with a wedge of Grandfather Nimitz’s favorite Jarlsberg cheese.
Check it out!

Another fantastic review for Time and Tide:

” Chester Midshipmouse Time and Tide is the third title in an endearing children’s book series that centers on a wondrous and delightfully layered world of mice living amongst humans at a naval academy. 
Weisberg’s writing is gentle, vivid, and alluring. Readers will become immediately immersed in Chester’s journey to graduate from the Naval Mouse Academy and sail the seas as an officer.
Chester Midshipmouse Time and Tide follows in the storied tradition of classics like Redwall, but the novel’s setting and worldbuilding are fresh and fun. 
Chester is a sweet, courageous young hero readers will root for. Weisberg establishes a convincing hybrid world of sentient mice and the humans who carry on unaware of the rodent attendees of the Naval Mouse Academy existing above them. ” – BookLife Prize, October, 2023

The softcover black-and-white illustrated edition of Chester Midshipmouse Time and Tide published on April 27,2023. It is now available from your favorite book-seller!

Friends, this was a happy surprise! Reader’s Favorite bestowed a five out of five-star rating on CHESTER MIIDSHIPMOUSE TIME AND TIDE. As their critique is based on the black and white softcover version, not yet released, the rating and critique will appear on their website once the paperback launches.
There is special validation in learning that Chester’s story is deemed valuable and resonates beyond the Naval Academy community. It truly is an illustrated novel for all ages.
The reviewer noted of the book,
“It incorporates harsh and challenging life lessons in an entertaining and inspirational manner.“
That about sums up the epic journey known as the Naval Mouse Academy Experience!
Chester is celebrating modestly with a little wedge of Jarlsberg cheese.