Mouse Tales (I Can Read Level 2)

I love that this book is still in print. It was a reader that my husband dad when he was little. The stories were so delightful that I went looking for it, thinking I would have to buy it used. But here it is brand new. Perfect! Love it!

I purchased this book in the turtleback binding and I love the quality of the reinforced hard cover. I was frustrated because I couldn't find this book anywhere in a hardcover (except if bought a used, older copy) and wasn't sure what the turtleback would look like. It is a very professional looking cover that seems like it will last my sons whole lifetime of repeated reading and inevitable abuse. The cover/back is finished with a slight slick finish (not shiny looking though) so that if my son got a drop of milk on it, it would wipe off without a trace, for example.Anyways, on to the book itself. I have such a love for this book as my Dad read this so many times to us as kids and this was the first book I knew I HAD to have when I had my first child. The 2 mini stories in here that I have remembered most over the last 30 years is the one about the mouse doing everything he can to get to his Mom's house and eventually trades his old, worn feet in at the side of the road for a new pair of feet (The Journey) and the story where the mouse won't turn off the bath water until he is totally clean-- which floods the whole town (The Bath). They are so silly and fun. But be aware that the illustrations aren't huge or super eye catching. But they are completely charming and chock full of memories of my Dad reading this book to my siblings and I.We just got this book in the mail today and I have already read this book FOUR times to my almost 3 year old and he is already a huge fan of this book. I am so happy that my son enjoys books-- and particularly that he already appreciates this Arnold Lobel's book.

Loved these stories as a child - my sister and I joked about "buying new feet" whenever we are tired - purchased this for her grandchildren to enjoy as much as we did!

I brought this book because it brings good memories of when I was a little girl reading with my father. This was the first book that I would pick up and the two of us would sit on my grandmothers sofa and he would read to me. Then one day when I went to pick up the book he told me to read to him and from there I have been reading since. I wanted to bring the same good memories to my sons. Each short story is easy to comprehend and allows them to let the imagination take flight. Each of the I Can Read Books brings reading to a level that allows the children to enjoy what they are reading. I am sure that your little one will love this book too.

Stories are wacky. In a good way. I laughed because the stories were just almost nonsense in an alice in wonderland way. Like the old mouse who hated kids until they gave him chewing gum to hold up his pants. My favorite is the dirty mouse who drowns a town trying to get clean. Everyone is shouting and getting real mad. Finally after he floods the town and everyone is outraged he turns off the water and goes to bed. Ha! Oh and the wind story. Maybe that's my favorite.

My brother loves reading these stories, would recommend!

This is a series of seven very silly, very short stories within one book, which is great if it's bedtime and you're like "I can't read the whole book, but I'll read two of these" or whatever. At first, I found them a little too repetitive and silly, but soon found that Lobel left plenty of room for a parent to embellish these stories with funny voices and sound effects (like the wind blowing, or the new feet pitter-patting). Once I figured that out, this became one of our favorite bedtime reads, with my daughter anticipating the next silly event and having loads of fun. The whole book is bracketed by a father mouse reading to his seven mouselets, which is a great way to signal to your kid that s/he's going to bed, too. Extremely sweet book with a neat nostalgic wallop.

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