Who would have thought mice could be so much fun?
Well I guess original Disney cartoons have Mickey and Minnie but not since I enjoyed the working mice singing “Cinderelly” in that Disney classic have I smiled so much as now. Mouse antics, their ingenuity and interactions with humans; this wonderful book which will delight any young child.
It is promoted with an audio release to help young readers grasp story telling and manage new words through repeated plays of this original tale.
While it lacks illustrations the cover is a work of art, a shame other drawings didn’t accompany the book.
Perhaps as a ‘make weight’, the author suggests asking the children to help create their own word pictures to show the mice in this story. This isn’t such a cop out as it sounds as there are suggestions made at the end of the story. Indeed without examples it isn’t difficult as the actual text teems with mind pictures, it is so creatively worked.
If it works and the book enters the world of our pre-school children then great but at this age words and pictures go so well together.
This offering although a beautifully crafted story is over on the word count and desperately short of well placed drawings.
Based on Irish folklore pointing to a cure all for mouse invasions this tale is worth telling. Magical in its reading and enchanting to listen to.
I hope the story takes hold and becomes established but with the absence of colour it may struggle to be heard.