From Publishers Weekly
Also celebrating an anniversaryAits 30thAis Whose Mouse Are You? by Robert Kraus, illus. by Jose Aruego. Minimalist art and memorable text are more than the sum of its parts: "Whose mouse are you?/ Nobody's mouse./ Where is your mother?/ Inside a cat," it begins forlornly, but reverses into a joyful ending, with the mouse reuniting his far-flung family and gaining a new brother. (S&S, $17 40p ages 3-7 ISBN 0-689-84052-7; Sept.) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
Kirkus Reviews The quintessential picture books can't be plotted out or put into any other words; ergo,"Whose mouse are you?/Nobody's mouse./Where is your mother?/Inside a cat./Where is your father?/Caught in a trap..." But that's all we'll tell you -- the ending is too good to give away...
School Library Journal ...[O]ne of the simplest -- and best -- picture boks to come along in years...
The Horn Book ...[A] story-hour treat...
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Booklist ...[A]n absolute charmer...
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Booklist ...[A]n absolute charmer...
Book Description
In a series of delightfully imaginary achievements, "nobody's mouse" transforms himself into the beloved hero of his mother, father, sister, and brand-new baby brother. In their very first collaboration, now celebrating its 30th anniversary, Robert Kraus and Jose Aruego give charm and validity to one of childhood's more difficult experiences. Tender and catchy, Robert Kraus's rhyming text, combined with Jose Aruego's large, vibrantly clever illustrations, makes for a storytime classic. This happy picture book is brusting with wit, tenderness, and joyful ingenuity.
Card catalog description
A lonely little mouse has to be resourceful in order to bring his family back together.
About the Author
Robert Kraus is the author and illustrator of over forty books for children, including Leo the Late Bloomer, The Littlest Rabbit, The Bunny's Nutshell Library, and The Trouble with Spider. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where his first drawing appeared in the Milwaukee Journal when he was eleven years old. His cartoons appeared regularly in The New Yorker magazine until he started his own publishing company, Windmill Books, Inc. Employing the talent of noted New Yorker artists resulted in books such as The Charles Addams Mother Goose, Roland the Minstrel Pig, Harriet and the Promised Land, CDB!, and The Norman Rockwell Storybook.
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