About the book: A very small mouse decided it wanted to have a very big adventure. "I'll go and find the biggest creature in the world," it thought. Along the way it meets many different animals and when at last they find the biggest creature, the little mouse feels a great sense of achievement.My thoughts: Gentle beauty. Caring and compassionate expressions on the critters faces. Lovely. Endearing. Well, what I'm trying to say is this is a lovely book that will endear itself to you and your child. The artist has taken her art to a lovely level using the soft tones of watercolors and scenes from nature to bring delight to each page.
The sweet story is about a tiny mouse who wanted a big adventure finding the largest critter. As mousie talked about it, various critters asked, "Can I come, too?" I found it interesting - but maybe I read more into the story than is really there - that it began with a tiny mouse. Tiny mouse ended up being the leader to bigger and adventurous things. If you read this in the story as I did, perhaps it could be teaching moment to encourage children to dream big even when they feel they are "small" or insignificant.
Most of all though, this is simply a lovely book. Now look at a few of the lovlies in the book with me......
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I also like their book called About Mammals.
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I discovered that he was born in 1946 in Liverpool.
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He has written over 50 books. Most are available on the web page. His first solo project was when he was 21.
ReplyDeleteI learned his poems have been translated in to many European Languages. I also learned he has poetry collections for kids.
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ReplyDeleteAbout Parrots would be very interesting..
ReplyDelete2 of his children's poetry collections are Gargling with Jelly (1985) and Juggling with Gerbils
ReplyDeleteThe anthology he wrote with the two other "Liverpool Poets," "The Mersey Sound," has been republished as a Penguin Modern Classic.
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ReplyDeleteIt was great to discover that Brian Patten has also published poetry collections for adults as well. No doubt I would enjoy his Collected Love Poems.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous illustrations.
ReplyDeleteAbout Birds looks good.
ReplyDeleteI would like to have About Penguins for my daughter.
ReplyDeleteI love nature books for my daughter. These illustrations look fabulous too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a sweet story. The illustrations look absolutely beautiful. Thank you for sharing this great giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI can tell you really enjoyed this book a lot! Thanks for sharing this at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com this week! I always enjoy your reviews and interviews!
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I think pig and small would be a really cute book to read.
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ReplyDeleteI learned that Brian posts a poem of the month and that his webpage has a guest book where you can leave him some fan mail and/or comments.
ReplyDeleteI like the book Murphy, Gold Rush Dog.
ReplyDeletePig and Small looks cute to read to my daughter. Or the Stanley books.
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