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Love, Mouserella (2011)

by David Ezra Stein(Favorite Author)

3.56 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0399254102 (ISBN13: 9780399254109)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Nancy Paulsen Books

review 1: Love, Mouserella is a sweet picture book written as a letter from young Mouserella to her Grandmouse. She has been missing her Grandmouse since she left her house a few days ago, and has decided to write and update her on the projects she has undertaken at home. She tells about her brother and other family members in just the way you would hope a little sister would. I was instantly drawn to the cover of this book, which is an envelope reading "Love, Mouserella," alongside other doodles and an illustration of the still-doodling Mouserella. The end pages of the book are covered in Mouserella's doodles and writing, as are the pages throughout the book. Each page is made to look like a sheet of paper with several illustrations and pictures, which I think adds to the idea of t... morehe book as a note to Grandmouse. I liked that the book is from the honest point of view of a kid, but a mouse kid. There are several funny illustrations which remind us of how tiny our main character is - a large lady bug, a whisker of a cat being carried over her shoulder. I think this would help kinds think outside of themselves and maybe play at multiple perspectives. I also really enjoyed the family relationships, for example her total disgust with her brother. I think most kids that have siblings can relate to that on a personal level. Cute book that could help teach about perspectives/points of view, as well as family and interpersonal relationships. I can see it being used in a pre-k or kindergarten classroom alongside a small letter-writing project.
review 2: Sweet story in a form of a letter from a young mouse to her grandma. Handwriting-style font, doodles and colorful legal pad backgrounds are somewhat charming but failed to win me over. I would almost give it 3 stars, as it has some merits and would appeal to children missing their grandma. Sadly, it just did not strike me as all that special--disappointing considering how much I loved Stein's "Leaves" and "Interrupting Chicken". I was confused as to why the main character's name was "Mouserella," as it made me expect that the story would be yet another fractured Cinderella retelling. I also wondered about the author's choice to write this story about mice--would it have been as cute if it featured people and was titled "Love, Milly?" (to throw out a random name), or merely read like a meandering list of a child's activities? less

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