Mousequerade Ball: A Counting Tale - Hardcover

Mortensen, Lori

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1681190338 ISBN 13: 9781681190334

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens, 2016

Synopsis

In a castle on a hill, in a great grand hall,
mice are getting ready for the Mousequerade Ball.
They dress in their finest. What a grand affair!
But when an unexpected guest arrives,
the mice get quite a scare.

Is the evening ruined? Should they run in fright?
Or will a gallant mouse stand up and save the splendid night?

Counting up to ten and back again, dancing all the while, this delightful story invites readers--and dancers--to the event of the season: the Mousequerade Ball!

About this title

About the Author

Lori Mortensen is the author of more than three dozen books that include fiction and nonfiction, picture books, early readers, first graphic novels, and middle- grade nonfiction. Her most recent picture book Cowpoke Clyde and Dirty Dawg was chosen as a Bank Street Best Book of 2014 and an Amazon Best Book of the Year.
www.lorimortensen.com.
Betsy Lewin is the bestselling Caldecott Honor-winning illustrator of Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type and its sequels, Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Duck for President; Dooby Dooby Moo; and Thump, Quack, Moo; in addition to a number of other picture books, including So, What's It Like to Be a Cat? and Where Is Tippy Toes? She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
www.betsylewin.com

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1—The mice are preparing for the Mousequerade ball—and this counting book leads up to the big night. From one small mouse lighting the fire in the great room, to five plump mice slicing cheddar to put atop fine bread crumbs, to seven silly jesters practicing their balancing tricks, the stage is set. With nine buccaneers tipping their ornate feathered hats to the splendid ladies, the ball is about to begin, when "ten feathered ladies fan themselves and gasp—/'CAT!'" The action quickly retreats backward from 10 down to one, as the mice scurry and hide themselves from the dapperly dressed feline. It is the final one small mouse who realizes that the cat, in fact, wants to dance: "Mouse does a curtsy; cat makes a bow./They waltz around the floor, and the mice cheer—/WOW!" VERDICT Lewin's signature watercolor illustrations breathe charm and gaiety into the mischief of mice in this clear-cut counting story. A surefire storytime selection.—Lisa Kropp, Lindenhurst Memorial Library, NY

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1681190338
• ISBN 13: 9781681190334
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lewin Betsy