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Synopsis
A mouse moves into a deserted house and invites all his friends to a party, only to be surprised by an unexpected arrival
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 1?In Durant's lively tale, Mouse happens upon a large empty house, moves in, then decides he's lonely. He invites over all his friends, each of whom arrives with something in tow, e.g. "...Hare with a chair, Owl with a towel, Giraffe with a bath..." At the height of the party, Elephant returns home from vacation and is angry to find his house occupied, but joins the fun when Mouse convinces him that the merriment is in his honor. At dawn, the guests leave and Elephant decides that there's room enough for both him and Mouse. The simple rhyming text is inviting to beginning readers, but the pen-and-ink and bold watercolor illustrations are too busy and confusing for preschool audiences. Many of the double-page spreads show both exterior scenes depicting the animals arriving and the cumulative chaos that ensues indoors. This makes the book better suited for independent reading than as a read-aloud choice. For a more engaging, less confounding romp, check out Matt Novak's Elmer Blunt's Open House (Orchard, 1992).?Christina Dorr, Calcium Primary School, NY
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From Booklist
Ages 3^-6. Here's a way to have fun with wordplay that gets it just right for the audience. When Mouse finds an empty house, he takes it as his own and decides to have a party. Enter a cat with a mat, a dog with a log, and an owl with a towel. The text is clever, but it's Heap who does a splendid job of turning the nonsense into visual excitement. A top-of-the-page border shows each new arrival; the rest of the page gives an inside view of what happens when the visitor arrives. The vibrant watercolors outlined in ink are a jumble of fun, and when the house's actual owner, a lumbering elephant, appears, the proceedings get even wilder. An energetic offering that has Party! written all over it. Ilene Cooper
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- PublisherCandlewick
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 1564025853
- ISBN 13 9781564025852
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorHeap Sue
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