'Mouse Mess' Voted This Year's One Book 4 Colorado

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DENVER (CBS4) - A story about a mouse and a mess is this year's "One Book 4 Colorado" winner.

"Mouse Mess" by Linnea Riley is this year's pick for the reading program which will be handed out to 75,000 4-year-olds in the state.

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The book tells the story of a rather messy mouse that munches his way through a family's kitchen.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock reads Moose Mess (credit: CBS)

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock read the book to children on Monday.

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This is the sixth year of the One Book 4 Colorado program which hopes to encourage reading by getting books into the hands of children so families can read together.

Denver Mayor Michael Hancock at Monday's One Book 4 Colorado event (credit: CBS)

Visit onebook4colorado.org to find out where families can pick up a free copy.

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