A series of animals almost interrupt Sidney the mouse's plans for lunch.
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From Publishers Weekly
As Sidney the mouse waits for his date to bring a picnic lunch, a cat approaches. " 'I'm going to eat you, mouse,' said the cat. . . . 'I don't think so,' said Sidney, because at that moment, a dog ran up behind the cat." The dog threatens to chase the cat, but then a goose shows up and tries to bite the dog's tail, a fox comes next to gobble the goose, and so on. Each new animal appears from the right of a spread, crowding startled earlier arrivals off to the left. All the while, Sidney stands with carnival-barker aplomb atop a red brick fence, repeating "I don't think so" after each newcomer announces his threat. Lunch finally takes place, although Schindel's ( "Who Are You?" ) throwaway title does not indicate the tale's main events. The familiar narrative is redeemed somewhat by O'Malley's ( Cinder Edna ) alert, bouncy animals; the illustrator's well-conceived compositions, broken horizontally between the fence and clouded blue sky, also keep Sidney central to each scene. Yet although the deft caricatures possess a certain grace, they, like the story, ultimately prove generic. Ages 3-up.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 2-An amusing cumulative tale that begins with a cat threatening to eat Sidney the mouse. "I don't think so," replies Sidney as a dog rushes in to chase the cat, a goose comes to bite the dog, and so on until Sidney's lunch date, Shirley, nearly scares the last animal, an elephant, to death. O'Malley has endowed Sidney with just the right cocky attitude while the rest of the cast comes barreling into each double-page spread with lots of color and suggested motion. An entertaining romp for story hours.
Rosanne Cerny, Queens Borough Public Library, NY
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Rosanne Cerny, Queens Borough Public Library, NY
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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