The Boat (Creative Editions) (Hardcover)

~ Monique Felix (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

A mouse trapped inside a book makes a boat out of paper and goes sailing.

About the Author

Swiss artist Monique Felix studied graphic arts at l'Ecole des Arts Appliques in Lausanne. She has illustrated more than 40 children's books-including Creative Editions' Mouse Books series, Tuba Lessons, Hundreds of Fish, Hansel and Gretel, and My Shadow-and received such honors as the Octogone Prize from the International Center of Children's Literature in France.

Product Details

• Reading level: Baby-Preschool
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Creative Editions (August 31, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568460805
• ISBN-13: 978-1568460802
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,230,304 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Gorgeous Book!, December 2, 1999

By	Deb (Sacramento, California) - See all my reviews

This is a very lovely little book. It has no words, only beautifully-painted pictures. The little mouse scampers over a blank book and carefully chews away at the page, revealing the ocean underneath. He proceeds to make a little paper boat with the page and sails away to adventures on the high seas.

5.0 out of 5 stars Do not miss this delightful book in Monique Felix's Mouse series, June 25, 2008

By	Amazon Nile "tech tester" (virtually anywhere) - See all my reviews

The Boat is a short picture story, written & illustrated by Monique Felix.

*There is NO text!*

That's right! It's a picture book, but don't assume it's only for the preschool set. When words are missing, imagination has more freedom to develop. The drawings and problem solving aspects of the tale might inspire someone of any age.

I discovered Monique Felix about 20 years ago when I was reading to my two young daughters. They adored the clever little mouse and we would take turns "reading" the pages. I never got tired of reading those books - it was always a fresh story, and now one of my fondest memories. The girls have graduated college, are working adults, but still they ask about these books which brought us all such good times. (Mom won't give them up!)

The author's drawings are quite detailed as weather or seasons change. The mouse's expression of emotion varies on each page, as Monique Felix brings the little mouse to life. These are more or less "naturalistic" drawings. Cute, but not cutesy, cloying, or cartoon-like. They have a timelessness of style.

Caveat Emptor -YMV

Just as a side note:
I am reviewing an edition from a different publisher.
My edition of "The Boat" was actually called "The further adventures of the little mouse trapped in a book" c. 1983 and
what is sold here as "Wind", I have as "The story of a little mouse trapped in a book." c. 1980
Both were "A Star & Elephant Book from The Green Tiger Press"