New House for Mouse - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0744565731 ISBN 13: 9780744565737

Publisher: Walker Childrens Hardbacks

Synopsis

Mouse is little and so is her house - but her apple is huge. She needs to find a home that is big enough for her and her apple. Peep through the holes and join Mouse in her search for a new home.

About this title

About the Author:

Petr Horacek is a young Czech illustrator and painter. His work is bold and naive with a very European feel and is full of startling colour. He lives in Worcester with his wife and their two daughters.

From Booklist:

PreS. From her tiny, snug burrow, Little Mouse spots a beautiful red apple--a perfect snack if she can only squeeze it inside her home. "My little house is too small," she decides. "I'll look for another." Off she wanders, fruit in tow, asking animal friends to take her and her apple into their homes. No one has room, but finally, Mouse finds the perfect spot: right where she started, where the apple--much reduced since hungry Mouse nibbled at it all day--fits just fine. Although a few children may wonder why mouse is so quick to abandon her cozy home, Horacek writes with a pleasing rhythm and word choices that are just right for preschoolers. Children will also enjoy his watercolor-and-cut-paper collages, in shiny fruit and vegetable hues, which alternate between the wide outdoors and cozy animal burrows and feature clever cutaways that show views from outside in, or, with a turn of the page, from inside out. Small children will find plenty to point at and chortle over in this simple, handsome offering. Gillian Engberg
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About this edition

• Publisher: Walker Childrens Hardbacks
• ISBN 10: 0744565731
• ISBN 13: 9780744565737
• Binding: Hardcover