9 Vegbooks reviews tagged Mice.
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…
Tags: Chad WallaceHabitatsIllustrationJacqueline BodnarMiceNatureNature BooksPreschoolers
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…
Tags: Chapter BooksDollsEarly ElementaryEarly ReadersGood for ToddlersHoma WoodrumHonestyKevin HenkesMicePreschoolers
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…
Tags: CollageHolidaysHoma WoodrumIllustrationJewish CultureMice
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…
Tags: 1990s BooksEarly ElementaryEco-Friendly Kids BooksGrandparentsHoma WoodrumIllustrationJewish CultureMicePhoebe GilmanPreschoolers
When a mama mouse living in a field must save her family from the plow, including her son who is stricken with pneumonia, she discovers a secret world of super-intelligent rats who have suffered at the hands of…
Tags: 1980s Childrens MoviesAnimal Researchanimal rightsAnimated MoviesDon BluthEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistMiceOlder ElementaryRatsVivisection
This colorful picture book by Judy Sierra and Jesse Sweetwater brings to life a folktale from Bali, in which a dancing pig saves twin girls from an ogress. Using bold illustrations and expressive language, The…
Tags: BaliEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistFrogsJesse SweetwaterJudy SierraMicePigsPreschoolers
If you’re the kind of person who likes animals attired in 1940s garb and dark story lines revolving around persecuted animals secreted away from Gestapo-like police cats, you’ll love Mrs. Marlowe’s Mice. (For the…
Tags: Animal RescueCatsDark Children's BooksDevin AschEarly ElementaryFemale ProtagonistFrank AschMiceMoralityPersecutionPreschoolersWorld War II
It’s hard to believe that people have called It’s a Book by Lane Smith subversive, simply because it uses a mild expletive. I can see calling this picture book (which I suspect is geared more to adults than children)…
Tags: Controversial Kids BooksDonkeysEarly ElementaryHumorLane SmithLanguageMiceMonkeysOlder Elementary
All that the scarecrow in Tim Preston and Maggie Kneen’s picture book wants is for the animals to like him. If only he weren’t so, well, scary. This simple story follows the progression of the seasons with stunning…
Tags: BadgersDucksEarly ElementaryFoxesMaggie KneenMicePreschoolersSnailTim PrestonWildlife Books for Kids