Customer Reviews

Mouse Shapes

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My almost-3-year-old son and I came across this book for the first time during library story time. My son talked about it so much afterward that I decided to check it out from the library. He calls it "the scary mice book" because, in the story, the small mice use shapes to make bigger versions of themselves to scare away the sneaky cat. He knows his shapes, but this book is great for reinforcement and to show what things can be made when shapes are put together. When my son plays with his rubber shapes he likes to try to make the things the mice make in the book. I would imagine it would also work well for teaching a child who doesn't yet know his shapes.

I love this author's first two 'Mouse' books, 'Mouse
Count' & 'Mouse Paint'. Both books had a natural, believable flow that reflected the way young children think and learn. This one seems more forced, like she was responding to demands for another basic concepts book rather than writing it on her own. I especially dislike that the shapes are used to represent things- that's a skill of older kids & quite different from the simple, incedental learning that occurs via the mice inthe first two books. The art is still great, but overall it missed the mark- it was younger child structured but possessed older child concepts- feh.

If you liked Mouse Paint, you will LOVE this book. The mice are darling - the story is very cute - and you can use it to teach shapes to your favorite small person.

Just like all the others in this series it is a fab story that kids will love.

This is a great resource for parents and teachers wishing to introduce geometry concepts. We recently used this book in a CPIN math training for educators. Highly recommended, along with Mouse Count, to address new CA Preschool Foundations.

This book to me is boring and the story line is weak BUT my 21 month old LOVES it. She loves the mice, the cat, and telling me what shapes are on the page.

I'm a preschool teacher and I can say that this book was really great to read to my students. They loved the pictures and it was a fun read. Get it!

I love this author...she is a favorite at Kindergarten where I teach. We already had Mouse Paint, a creative, short book about colors. I decided to add Mouse Shapes to our class library. A good solid readiness book is always welcome!

I sent this book back. I expected a book on learning shapes and it didn't cover that at all. Only a few words on each page with mice and not much else. Totally too much money for what you get! Forget this one!