Customer Reviews

Merry Christmas, Mouse! (If You Give...)

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

I thought this would be a story line similar to "If you give a mouse a cookie" but, it wasn't that at all. There is no story at all. It's just each page counting from 1-10 with that number of objects on each page. This is my favorite author of all times but this book REALLY fell short!

If you love the "If you give a mouse a cookie" books - this is not it! It is pretty much a very simple counting book. Not what I was hoping to show my 4 and 5 year olds. It is not very long and the pages are very sturdy, so it would be great for a toddler. My boys were not that impressed with it and neither was I.

We love the "If you give" books and thought this would be a great addition to our library. I was very disappointed when it arrived and I went to read it to my kids. There isn't a story. It's just very few words per page and a very basic counting book. Would not recommend it in the future.

I was not aware that the book was a small board book. I intended to use it for my classroom, but reconsidered because of size and being a board book.

This book is definitely not the same format as the other If You Give books. As another reviewer mentioned, it is primarily a counting books without many words. However, my toddler enjoyed it. We had a good time pointing out and examining the many ornaments on the last page.

I have seen a lot of negative reviews for this book. I can understand the reason for the negative feedback. The "If you give a..." series are wonderful children's books. They are witty and fun to read. Merry Christmas, Mouse! is a completely different book, with a different style. It is more appropriate for younger children or as a book for beginning-readers. With that in mind, it's a nice Christmas book to read to children over the holiday season.

This was bought as a gift, but young children really love these books. They are not too long and have really great themes throught the books that draws kids attention.

The Turkeybird Speaks(My 3 year old son):

"Soldiers! Rockets! 5...6...7. Counting and the Mouse from some of my favorites like The Best Mouse Cookie makes this so much fun. I'm really just more impressed that Mouse thought to make sure to put Rockets on his Christmas tree. Great minds think alike. Although, I think I would have also added some tractors as well."

Mom's Two Cents:

"I love this series of books, not just the Mouse but all of the animals. When I was young my own mother actually went to one of the first book signings I can remember and it was for the original If You Give A Mouse A Cookie book. Out of all the books though, this is not my favorite. It seemed a little basic, but if your little one is just learning to count this could make it very fun. The Turkeybird really does get into all of the fun items Mouse adds to the tree. I'm not so sure that this would be a great book for a four year old, as I expect the Turkeybird to grow out of this after this Christmas season. All in all a fun book for little counters to have some fun learning to incorporate numbers into everyday activities."

This is a good book for younger children who are learning to count and identify numbers.

Like other reviewers say, if you like the series this has nothing to do with it, short of re-selling the pictures to sell some seasonal books.