%0 Journal Article %T Editor’s note: This reminder from British children’s literature scholar Dennis Butts -of children’s author Russell Hoban’s original plans to elaborate on the villainous character Manny Rat from The Mouse and his Child (1967)- is partnered by including a link to Hoban’s original article for Children’s Literature in Education journal: ‘Thoughts on a shirtless cyclist, Robin Hood, Johann Sebastian Bach, and one or two other things’ (1971) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01213226 %A Butts , Dennis %J Children's Literature in Education %V OnlineFirst %P 1-6 %@ 0045-6713 %D 2023-01-16 %I Springer Netherlands %~ DeepDyve