This peep-through-the-hole collection of eleven favorite nursery rhymes contains warm and humorous illustrations and a busy little mouse that readers can try to find on every page.
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-- Following the same format as her two other peephole books, Jones fills one side of her page with detailed drawings while the other side contains the first verse of a familiar nursery rhyme. A hole on each page allows children to see a little bit of what is to come at the rhyme's finale. A minor problem with this gimmick is that the peephole draws attention away from the main drawing and does not always make sense after the page has been turned, showing what happened on the previous page. The pen-and-watercolor illustrations are interesting and entertaining, however, and the introduction of a small mouse that children must search for in each of the pictures adds to the enjoyment. --Rachel Fox, Port Washington Public Library, NY
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Just 11 of the most familiar rhymes, each spread over four pages with a strategically placed peephole in the middle leaf. Many of the rhymes are linked not only by the mouse (hero of the title verse) that makes an appearance as a concerned observer on every page, but by the natural progression of the lovingly detailed landscape background. The talented Australian illustrator (This Old Man, 1990) also provides some delightful amplifications: e.g., Humpty Dumpty falls because he's startled by a worm in his apple; one of the king's horses gets the apple, while a nearby bird (whose eggs have meanwhile hatched) gets the worm. And the old woman in the shoe does ``whip'' her children, but it's clearly a love-pat as her entrancing crew of busy little mice climb a ladder to bed (most of the characters are represented as human). Charmingly inventive, a book to pore over again and again. A first purchase. (Folklore/Picture book. 3-8) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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