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Rating: Summary: SWITCHING PLACES =) Review: A good moral book. I agree! It talks about how these mouse familys switch places to see how eachother lives and to see what it is like to live like eachother! A GOOD BOOK!
Rating: Summary: PEEKING ENCOURAGED Review: Children often hear "No peeking!" A clever book designer encourages them to peek in this story of two mice cousins who temporarily trade residences. Cleverly placed peepholes encourage youngsters to peek and see what new adventure awaits each mouse before turning the page. Not only is this a fun book, but there's also a moral to the story: There's no place like home!
Rating: Summary: PEEKING ENCOURAGED Review: Children often hear "No peeking!" A clever book designer encourages them to peek in this story of two mice cousins who temporarily trade residences. Cleverly placed peepholes encourage youngsters to peek and see what new adventure awaits each mouse before turning the page. Not only is this a fun book, but there's also a moral to the story: There's no place like home!
Rating: Summary: SWITCHING PLACES =) Review: I generally love Jan Brett's work and "Town Mouse Country Mouse" is no exception. As with all of Brett's stories, there is the title story and usually one or two going on in the margins. The title story was superb and beautiful. However, the margin story of the cat and the owl I disliked. I understand they were necessary as an element of suspense when they entered the title story, but they detracted not only from the presentation of the book but the actual fable as well. I like this book, but Brett's "The Hat," "The Mitten," or "Beauty and the Beast" are much more unified in coherance between the title story and the margin stories. Happy Reading!
Rating: Summary: Classic tale with beautiful illustrations Review: This book tells the "grass-is-always-greener" story of the city mouse and the country mouse. One day, the city mouse wakes up and decide he is unhappy with his lot in life. He and his wife pack a picnic lunch and go off for a holiday in the country. There they meet the country mouse, who is enthralled by the smell of city cheese, and the mice decide to do a house swap. However, they each find that they don't have the skills and knowledge necessary for survival in the other's environment. Attacked by cats and besodden in a thunderstorm, they rethink the arrangement and return home. Very young children may find some of the predators a bit scary, but older children should be able to handle the tension and enjoy the humor as well. The book has about 1100 words.
Rating: Summary: Classic tale with beautiful illustrations Review: This book tells the "grass-is-always-greener" story of the city mouse and the country mouse. One day, the city mouse wakes up and decide he is unhappy with his lot in life. He and his wife pack a picnic lunch and go off for a holiday in the country. There they meet the country mouse, who is enthralled by the smell of city cheese, and the mice decide to do a house swap. However, they each find that they don't have the skills and knowledge necessary for survival in the other's environment. Attacked by cats and besodden in a thunderstorm, they rethink the arrangement and return home. Very young children may find some of the predators a bit scary, but older children should be able to handle the tension and enjoy the humor as well. The book has about 1100 words.
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