Follow the globetrotting Postmouse family as they go on a working vacation delivering letters to old friends. Kids and adults will be drawn in by the illustrations. So much is going on in each scene, it was reminiscent of Where's Waldo.

Mr. Postmouse Takes a Trip is the second installment in the Postmouse tales (Mr. Postmouse's Rounds being the first) from Marianne Dubuc. Dubuc's work has a very distinct style with soft, artsy illustrations that appeal to adults and children alike. In this book, Mr. Postmouse visits some of his most exotic customers around the world. Each page is full of little details, which children will enjoy pouring over. Fans of Richard Scarry and the like will adore this title. While there is no discernible moral in this book - there doesn't need to be! It's just a fun excursion for the mouse family, and that's just fine. Recommended for library borrowing and purchasing. Enjoy!

Basic premise: Mr. Postmouse takes a break from his regular postal routes. He and his family travel everywhere, from a volcano with a dragon living inside to a jungle with monkeys and treehouses to a desert with a cactus vacation home. Through his travels, Mr. Postmouse delivers packages to distant friends, but his regular post office is closed. Wordless picture book meant for pre-readers.

This book is really great for kids who don't know how to read yet, especially those who might come up with their own stories from the pictures in the book. The illustrations are fun and packed full of different characters and things happening, so that kids can pick if they want to focus on certain parts or the picture as a whole. I don't think this works really well as an ebook. My son has to access ebooks with help from me, and I think this is something he would enjoy a lot more by himself since there are no words. If your reader has their own tablet on which to read, this won't be an issue for you. Also, I found it a little unbelievable that Mr. Postmouse would just let the local mail pile up in his absence rather than temporarily handing over his delivery bag, so to speak, at the beginning of the story. On the last page, it shows piles of letters than haven't been delivered, and it bothered my son that people didn't get their mail because the mail carrier was on vacation. This may be nitpicking, but my four-year-old is the target audience, so it feels worth mentioning. Probably not a bedtime read, but this is a good book to encourage pre-readers to "read into" pictures and tell their own stories.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley/the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

My family enjoyed Marianne Dubuc’s wordless picture book Mr. Postmouse’s Rounds, so we were all very excited about the opportunity to read the sequel!

Mr. Postmouse Takes a Trip is similar to the first book, with one notable exception: instead of delivering mail, Mr. Postmouse takes his family on vacation. This trip takes the Postmouse family to many different climates, from the seaside to the desert to the mountains.

There are no words, but that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a story. Each illustration is filled with details. Walls have been removed, allowing the reader to see into houses. There is so much going in the illustrations that each read-through led to new discoveries and things that we had missed. The book also introduces the concept of animals and their habitat to younger readers. For the most part, animals reside in their expected habitat; camels are in the desert, tigers are in the jungle, and penguins live in the snow.

My three girls are in elementary school, but they still enjoy picture books. Mr. Postmouse Takes a Trip was a big hit with them. They chattered excitedly about everything they saw in the illustrations. My oldest daughter says that this book teaches kids to be observant because there’s a surprise in the pictures. My twins said they liked the cute pictures and the parts when we got to see the inside of the houses.

I would absolutely recommend Mr. Postmouse Takes a Trip. This book will appeal to children of all ages, and the best thing is that a non-reader can fully appreciate this book without needing someone to read the story to them. It isn’t always easy to find wordless picture books, but they are invaluable because they encourage creativity and help children with processing and inference. We are all hoping for more Mr. Postmouse books in the future!

My daughter and I absolutely adored Mr. Postmouse's Rounds and had just as much fun (if not more) with this sequel. There's something amazing about Dubuc's picture books. Not only do they tell a story, but they tell many stories in one.

This time around, Mr. Postmouse and his family have gone on vacation, but they don't go to just one place. They end up traveling all over the world!
They go camping, to the beach, on a cruise ship, a jungle island, the desert, the mountains, the Arctic, and more. Everywhere they go, they meet new people, discover new things, and have a jolly time. If you look closely, you can see that Mr. Postmouse is still doing his job at each of these destinations. He starts out with his wagon full of packages and other goods and ends up with nothing left by the time he gets home. Very much like the first book, you get to see who he delivers mail to and the inner workings of their unique homes and habitats.
One of my absolute favorite things about these books is that there are no words. The pictures themselves have so many details that they tell the stories all by themselves. And there are so many details that you can tell a different story every time you 'read' this to a child. You can tell the story of Mr. Postmouse making his deliveries, or you can tell the story of his travels, or of the children and their amazing adventures, or of the other creatures who inhabit the places that they travel to.

These are such imaginative and unique picture books that I would recommend to everyone.

Really good book for very young readers. My daughter loved looking at all threads pictures