Books like The Mouse and His Child

"What are we, Papa?" the toy mouse child asked his father."I don't know," the father answered. "We must wait and see."A tin father and son dance under a Christmas tree until they break ancient clock-work rules and are themselves broken. Discarded, rescued, repaired by a tramp, they quest for dream of a family and a place of their own - magnificent doll house, plush elephant, and tin seal remembered from a toy shop.