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3.95 AVERAGE
3.95 AVERAGE
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Just soooo sweet! I want to read this to every child I know!
Charming family tale (or tail) with delightful illustrations. Not too much drama, just enough.
An excellent NYRB edition.
An excellent NYRB edition.
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Confinement
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Mary received a little toy Mouse House with toy mice to play with. But she is disappointed that they are not real mice. They just sit there. They don't run and scamper like a real mouse would do. Meanwhile in the basement, a family of mice are cramped in their flowerpot home. There are so many children that they can't all fit! Bonnie, the littlest mouse, goes searching for a new place to sleep. She explores the upstairs and discovers the Mouse House. Bonnie falls asleep in the toy bed, but in the morning, Mary discovers her!
This book is so cute! I love the charming writing style and the delightful story. Mary is a sweet little girl, and Bonnie is so adorable! I love stories about mice, because they are so little and resilient.
The color illustrations are so pretty, and I love the pencil art style!
This would be a great book for children who are reading chapter books on their own. It's not quite a picture book, but it does have illustrations on each page. The text is a bit larger than normal, so that it would be just right for young readers.
This children's book, originally published in 1957, contains charming illustrations drawn by Adrienne Adams to accompany Rumer Godden's delightful tale of a young girl's jewelry box and the mouse family who repurpose it.. Rereading it brought to mind fond memories of curling up in my favorite little cubby and reading of a character, Bonnie Mouse, smaller than me, in fact, the smallest in her family who has the wherewithal, bravery, gumption and a little good fortune to change her circumstances and make a better life for herself and her family.
Adorable! Good read-aloud chapter book for young children. Will probably inspire the making of many mouse houses! I clearly remember making a mouse house when I was in about second grade, and I wonder if it was related to this book? I don't remember reading it or having it read to me, but I remember that I loved the mouse house that I made. There was a small stone that someone had spray-painted yellow for me, and I think I drew a face on it and gave it a pipecleaner tail. Wish I still had it, or at least pictures of it!
I remember playing with my little sister with her little mice. She may have had a mouse house like Mary in the story. This is truly an old fashioned book with old fashioned ideas, but it is a sweet story and beautifully illustrated.