Review By JACQUELINE BODNAR In this story a young mouse ventures out on his own and finds out that nature can be both beautiful and dangerous when you are a mouse. The mouse makes his way through the meadow, meeting various animals along the way. What the mouse learns is that there are some animals […]
Entries Tagged as 'Mice'
The Mouse and the Meadow
April 4th, 2014 · No Comments · Books
Tags: Chad Wallace·Habitats·Illustration·Jacqueline Bodnar·Mice·Nature·Nature Books·Preschoolers
Penny and Her Song (and Other Books in the Series)
March 17th, 2013 · 3 Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM We are big fans of Kevin Henkes’ books – I actually remember reading Chrysanthemum as a kid when it first came out in the early 1990s. I could relate to the little mouse who loved her name until others teased her at school. So when a routine library search yielded new Henkes early […]
Tags: Chapter Books·Dolls·Early Elementary·Early Readers·Good for Toddlers·Homa Woodrum·Honesty·Kevin Henkes·Mice·Preschoolers
Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah
December 12th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM In Hanukkah, Oh Hanukkah (Amazon affiliate link), Susan L. Roth’s collages depict a mouse family celebrating Hanukkah alongside the lyrics to a song about the holiday. The mice light a menorah, dance the hora, eat latkes (potato pancakes) together, and play with dreidels, all basked in the light of a menorah “to […]
Tags: Collage·Holidays·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Jewish Culture·Mice
Something from Nothing
March 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Books
Review By HOMA WOODRUM Something from Nothing, written and illustrated by Phoebe Gilman, has been a long-time favorite of mine. My younger sister received this book as a gift when it first came out twenty years ago and my fond memories prompted me to check it out from the library to read to my children. […]
Tags: 1990s Books·Early Elementary·Eco-Friendly Kids Books·Grandparents·Homa Woodrum·Illustration·Jewish Culture·Mice·Phoebe Gilman·Preschoolers