Michael Bond was born in Newbury Berkshire on 13 January 1926 and educated at Presentation College Reading. He served in the Royal Air Force and the British Army before working as a cameraman for BBC TV for 19 years. In 2015 Michael was awarded a CBE for his services to children's literature to add to the OBE he received in 1997. Michael died in 2017 leaving behind one of the great literary legacies of our time.
<p>Thursday the Mouse fell from a balloon having just escaped from the Home for Waif-Mice and Stray-Mice. The Peck family of church mice adopt him and give him his name – Thursday – because the day he arrived was a Thursday to remember. Thursday joins the Pecks in their organ-loft home at the church of St Mary's in the Valley.</p>
