Mildred and Sam (I Can Read Book 2) - Hardcover

Collicott, Sharleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060266813 ISBN 13: 9780060266813

Publisher: Laura Geringer, 2003

Synopsis

Mildred and Sam live in a tiny burrow underneath the daffodil roots. Sam is happy. Mildred is fidgety. No matter how hard Sam tries to fix up their house, Mildred insists that it is too small, especially if they ever have visitors.

So Mildred dreams about the exciting adventures a new house could bring, but discovers the greatest surprise is about to arrive at her very own door.

About this title

About the Author

Sharleen Collicott is the author and illustrator of Toestomper and the Caterpillars and Seeing Stars. She is also the illustrator of The Chicken Sisters by Laura Numeroff and Which Witch is Which? by Judi Barrett. She lives in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Reviews

Grade 1-3-A mouse couple lives in a tiny house. Sam is happy but Mildred is fidgety. She looks everywhere hoping to find a larger place to accommodate "visitors." She also has nightmares in which she and Sam have "to make a fast escape." This one good line is repeated several times. Following the dreams, Mildred begins planting a garden, making blankets, and knitting little things. At book's end, their enlarged house is "filled with visitors-eight tiny baby mice." This story feels like it is right out of the 1950s with the "little visitors" euphemism and never addressing the real issues. And what is the mystery seed that Mildred plants in her garden? Cute, candy-colored cartoon critters can't save this confusing book.
Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
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Edition details

• Publisher: Laura Geringer
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060266813
• ISBN 13: 9780060266813
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Collicott Sharleen
• Number of pages: 48