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Cheer Up, Mouse! (2013)

by Jed Henry(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0547681070 (ISBN13: 9780547681078)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

HMH Books for Young Readers

review 1: I love how this particular book starts the story on the title page. In fact, the first part of the story on the title page and the verso page is important even though there isn’t any text that is part of the actual story. Mouse is sad and the other animals are worried (this is what we learn on the title page). Almost all of them try doing something to cheer up Mouse (this is what we see on the verso page). But no, Mouse is still sad. Then one by one all of the animals start trying to do things a little more extreme to cheer up Mouse. For example crow “picks him up” by flying him as high as the trees. All of these extreme bits of love and support don’t help Mouse cheer up. But there is one animal who is more observant in noticing what Mouse needs…a hug!Readers wil... morel enjoy the bright illustrations and the fun characterizations of the forest animals. And observant readers will enjoy looking at the chipmunk to see what he is doing while the rest force their extreme antics on a gloomy Mouse. Yet at the end everyone realizes that sometimes a hug is the best medicine for helping someone feel better. And, since the “cheer up, Mouse!” part is repeated over and over again, this might be a fun book to read with a story time group who is ready to “Cheer up, Mouse!”
review 2: All the beautifully illustrated animals in the forrest, including a variety of birds, a badger, rabbit, hedgehog and musical squirrel try to cheer up little mouse. Even though each animal shares their favorite activity sure to make him smile, nothing works. Until a little chipmunk makes a simple gesture - gives mouse a hug - and finally makes mouse smile. The illustrations in this book are wonderful and sure to make even the grumpiest reader smile....but the simple text did not seem to match the quality of the drawings. This just arrived at my library....it doesn't really beg me to read it for story time... less

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