Miss Mouse's Day [Hardcover]

Jan Ormerod (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 3 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Hi! I'm Miss Mouse!

My day with my best friend is soooo exciting! We draw with crayons and play with blocks, and after we dress up in fancy clothes, she paints beautiful pictures of me. Outside we run and jump and laugh and play in the mud. Everything we do is fun!

In this warm and brightly illustrated story from Jane Ormerod, Miss Mouse -- a stuffed doll -- invites you to spend a magical day with her and her toddler friend.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Miss Mouse has had quite a day. She's been dressed and fed, muddied and washed, tossed and lost, and above all, loved. Any toddler who depends on a beloved stuffed animal will relate to this fast-paced tale of a wild little girl and the day she spends with her best friend, the lovely, ever-patient Miss Mouse. Whether she's being smeared with paint, packed in sand, or dragged through the mud, the smile never leaves this stuffed animal's goofy, endearing face. When she's accidentally left behind in the yard as night falls, there's one little girl who won't rest until her companion is found, cleaned, and cuddled in bed again. Jan Ormerod's bright, action-packed drawings radiate with the wild joy children experience when they first begin to master the physical world. The brief, expressive text is perfect for prereaders who can easily match the action with the comic-strip-style illustrations. Together they make this boisterous story of a girl and her cherished stuffed animal a spirited, humorous read. (Baby to age 3) --Marianne Painter

From Publishers Weekly

Ormerod's (Who's Whose) buoyant, paneled pictures propel this storybook about a mouse doll and her girl owner who start the morning with a cuddle in bed. The minimal text narrated by Miss Mouse offers a breezy commentary on the day's activities. Diverting visual details abound as the girl and her mouse eat breakfast, draw pictures, don dress-up clothes, eat lunch al fresco, play a variety of games outdoors and finally prepare for bed. Ormerod's spontaneous narrative is composed largely of brief phrases and comical asides. For example, a trio of images of the child--with Miss Mouse riding on her shoulders--running, slipping and falling in mud accompany the pleasingly onomatopoeic words, "Whee! Oops. SPLAT!" The text also provides deadpan contrast to the artwork as when, in a series of panels, Miss Mouse becomes separated from the girl on the slide and ends up nose first on the ground: "I'm a very fine slider.../ mostly." Ample picture clues and simple vocabulary make this a solid choice for children just beginning to sound out words. They'll be quite content to spend the day with the amiable Miss Mouse and her sidekick. Ages 2-up.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 3 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; 1st edition (January 9, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688163335
• ISBN-13: 978-0688163334
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,659,685 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet little-girl book with cute illustrations, September 19, 2001

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"bedtimestoryteller" (Milford, OH United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Miss Mouse's Day (Hardcover)

My daughter (2yrs) loves this book! It's a sweet day-in-the-life story of a beloved stuffed mouse. It is a good bedtime storybook because it finishs with a cuddle and a kiss...the best way to end. My daughter picked it out herself and immediately sat down to "read" it, creating her own story-then begging me to read her the words. It has simple text with a lot of colorful pictures that are full of action and detail...which is why the simple prose works so well. All in all an instant favorite.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for imaginative little kids, September 21, 2007

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This review is from: Miss Mouse's Day (Hardcover)

A little girl and her stuffed mouse doll play together all day long -- this is a wonderful glimpse into the world of play and imagination, and parents with a kid like this will smile with recognition. So will their children. Followed by the sequel, "Miss Mouse Takes Off." (ReadThatAgain)