Eve Titus

 ( American Children's Writers ) 

Eve Titus (July 16, 1922 – February 4, 2002) was an American children's writer. She is particularly known for her books featuring the anthropomorphic mice characters Anatole, a heroic and resourceful French mouse, and Basil of Baker Street, a Victorian era mouse private detective who emulates Sherlock Holmes. Anatole later became the subject of a Canadian-produced animated television series entitled Anatole, while Basil was adapted into the 1986 Disney animated feature film The Great Mouse Detective.

Titus was a member of Mystery Writers of America and The Baker Street Irregulars.

Anatole

• Anatole (1956)
• Anatole and the Cat (1957)
• Anatole and the Robot (1960)
• Anatole Over Paris (1961)
• Anatole and the Poodle (1965)
• Anatole and the Piano (1966)
• Anatole and the Thirty Thieves (1969)
• Anatole and the Toy Shop (1970)
• Anatole in Italy (1973)
• Anatole and the Pied Piper (1979)

Basil of Baker Street

• Basil of Baker Street (1958)
• Basil and the Lost Colony (1964)
• Basil and the Pygmy Cats (1971)
• Basil in Mexico (1976)
• Basil in the Wild West (1982)

Other

• The Kitten Who Couldn't Purr (1960)
• Mouse and the Lion (1962)
• The Two Stonecutters (1967)
• Mr. Shaw's Shipshape Shoeshop (1970)
• Why the Wind God Wept (1972)

• Bibliography at SciFan (Basil series)