Mouse in love - Softcover

Kraus, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0439271355 ISBN 13: 9780439271356

Publisher: Scholastic Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Mouse searches high and low for his true love, only to find her right next door.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

This fetching tale of mouse romance appealingly builds on the chronicles begun in Whose Mouse Are You? As the book opens, the mouse hero is playing "she loves me, she loves me not." Then, in the format familiar to series fans, an unseen interlocutor asks, "Why so dreamy, little mouse?" "I'm in love!" he replies. As this Q&A session continues, the mouse describes how he will "search on land, sea, and air" to find the "mouse of my dreams." If the book offered nothing but these romantic flourishes, the conceit would wear thin quickly. The charm comes when Kraus throws cold water on the mouse's musings: "Aren't you tired?" he is asked. "I'm pooped!" he admits, suddenly realizing he'd better scurry home for supper. The endearingly sketchy mouse and his "mousie fair" inhabit brilliantly blended multicolor backdrops, occasionally traveling into elaborate building-block palaces or labyrinthine train tracks; despite the use of busy patterns, Aruego and Dewey maintain a look of overall simplicity. They, like Kraus, know how to pack a wide range of experience into a child-size universe. Ages 4-7. (Sept.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1-A dreamy mouse lounges in the grass, plucking petals from a daisy, while spouting the familiar refrain, "She loves me./She loves me not." When an unseen observer asks about the object of his affection, he admits that he's never met her, but can't forget her. He vows to "-search on land,/sea, and air/until-/I find my mousie fair." The lovesick rodent finally realizes that his true love has been there the whole time-she is the mouse next door who has accompanied him on his adventures. The simple rhyming text is enhanced by Aruego and Dewey's ink-watercolor-and-pastel illustrations that depict the round, gray Romeo with his skateboard, backpack, sneakers, and helmet as he searches the playground and a castle of blocks, then travels by train, plane, and kayak to find his sweetheart. The girl mouse sports a pink bow and holds a red balloon, making her instantly identifiable throughout. This sweetly told tale is sure to be a hit.
Holly Belli, Bergen County Cooperative Library System, West Caldwell, NJ
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Scholastic Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0439271355
• ISBN 13: 9780439271356
• Binding: Paperback