Mouse Tales (I Can Read Book 2)

 
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Seven mouse boys lie awake one night... . . . And they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that -- he tells them seven stories, one for each boy.

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  • Media: Paperback Book, 64 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (October 25, 1978)
  • Edition: Other Printing
  • ISBN-10: 0064440133
  • ISBN-13: 9780064440134
  • Dimensions: 5.6 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.2 lbs
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  • Rating Mouse Tales  Jan 21, 2000 (9 of 9 found this helpful)

    This was one of my most adored books as a child. The stories are interesting, the pictures adorable, and while a child may get the satisfaction of reading a "whole book", it would not take up a parent's whole night to read. However, at 25, I rediscovered this book and was a bit taken aback at how there really are no "happy endings" to these 7 stories, but rather the stories of the journeys themselves. They should be considered original (Hans Christan Anderson) fairy tales, rather than modern (Disney) ones, and possibly need a parent's explanation.

  • Rating Enjoyable and Imaginative!  Oct 14, 2002 (7 of 7 found this helpful)

    I love Arnold Lobel. He tends to always use animals to convey morals. Immediately because of the sweet illustrations of animals wearing clothes, kids are delighted. The stories are simple and make great short stories for kids right before they delve into more difficult chapter books. These stories show friendship, manners, respect for differences, and helpfulness. This book is filled with positive stories. The tales show cause and effect relationships or compare and contrast stories. It would be a great book to use in an author study of Arnold Lobel. I highly recommend this book in addition, to all of his great books!

  • Rating Mouse Tales by Arnold Lobel  Jul 22, 2001 (8 of 9 found this helpful)

    Mouse Tales has long been a family favorite. Now that I have my own son, he has two copies...my ragged paperback from when I was a child, and a hardback French-language version. The best story in our opinion has always been about the mouse who goes to visit his mother, and ends up buying new feet from a vendor at the side of the road, since his own were worn out. To this day whenever someone in our family gets a suntan above their socks, we tell them what nice new feet they have, just like the mouse's mother in the story. Definitely a classic.

  • Rating Cute children's book all ages will enjoy  Jan 27, 1999 (4 of 4 found this helpful)

    Lobel's pictures are beautiful and make this book so special. The tales for each of the mouse children are cute, fun, and enjoyable for all ages. This book makes is a great addition to any teacher or child's own library.

  • Rating Mouse Tales  May 15, 2007 (3 of 3 found this helpful)

    There are seven short tales, all involving mice, and bookended by a father mouse who is telling these stories to his children at bed time, one per child. The seven stories included are: The Wishing Well, Clouds, Very Tall Mouse and Very Short Mouse, The Mouse and the Winds, The Journey, The Old Mouse, and The Bath. Of the seven, my favorite is The Wishing Well as it takes an unusual and humorous approach to the usual wishing well story. The most disturbing of the stories is The Journey because it involves replacement feet. Knowing Sean, I think his favorite will be The Bath because of the absurd bath/flood the little mouse creates just to get clean.

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