A Mouse in the House

by Henrietta

Book Overview

Somewhere there's a mouse in the house. Her name is Henrietta, and all you have to do is find her! Is she hiding among the cake and cookies...leaving a trail of crumbs? Where do those paw prints lead?... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879431114
• ISBN13: 9781879431119
• Release Date: September 2001
• Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
• Length: 29 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.3" x 13.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

What a fun, fabulous feast for the eyes and the mouse

Henrietta is a mouse with a flair for fun and mischief (as we humans see it). But to Henrietta, it's all fun! "A Mouse in the House" is touted as a "real life game of hide and seek" by Henrietta herself! See the marmalade cat in the upper left corner on the cover of the book? He is the one seeking. See the mouse straight down from the cat? He is the one hiding. (By the way I have to explain to library children and my own niece how the two mice on the bottom of the cover are really just one shown in time-lapsed action. Inside cover: Now this is important. Watch carefully, I tell the young ones. Little mouse crawls out from a hole in the floor and scurries across the bottom of the page. Marmalade cat is looking up, trying to locate the source of the scurrying noise. (I take the cat's side, but, no, I do not want him/her to catch this tiny, cute mouse. It is not pretty what cats do to little mice!). Next two pages---more scurrying across the bottom. Now it's time for the birthday party invitations. Little mouse knocks over the bottle of ink (yes, ink in a bottle!) and walks through it, leaving little mice feet trails. "There are lots of nice things that may look like a mouse, But there's only one me, a real mouse in this house." So! For the rest of the book, little mouse trots through the various rooms of the house looking for things to eat and for making a nest in his house. Gardening supplies, kitchen shelves, hallway, dining room, playroom, bathroom, the attic, and a mad dash for the exit hole from whence little mouse first entered! Did I not explain the set-up? Each close-up set of pages shows carefully arranged items conducive for hide-and-seek fun, not only for the cat and mouse, but also for the viewers. Children love finding the mouse on each set of pages. For example, on the garden pages, there are pots of garden soil, a basket of apples (gnawed on perhaps), packages of seed, gardening tools, bulbs, scattered seed, and those pesky little inked footprints. There is such a nice sense of completion and closure and even relief for little mouse. This is a most delightful book with fun and excitement all around. Children love this book!!

Beautiful to look at

This pictures in this book are beautiful. The story is a rhyming verse of a mouse crashing in on a child's birthday party. As the party continues, the mouse moves from room to room. Children enjoy finding the mouse on every page. The mouse is cleaverly hidden and mixed in amongst other "mouse like" items. This is a fun book to read as well as enjoy the detailed creative photos. A simpler variation of the "I Spy Books" with a delightful suspensful poem to carry the action along.

A Very Naughty Mouse

Now, normally a cat person, I also have a secret love for mice. They are just too adorable. When my cat found a mouse "in the house" a few months ago, I immediately let the poor thing go back outside hoping it would run back to its home in the fields. Now in this story, a very mischievous mouse named Henrietta lives in a house and at times takes many long-distance expeditions in order to become an expert on cats and the cheeses of the world. On the first page she is already up to no good, knocking over the ink and running right through the ink, so here she starts to leave a trail of paw prints on each page. "On each page, in each room, I'll be doing my worst." -Henrietta As you turn to the second page, suddenly she disappears, yet the paw prints tell exactly where she is, if you follow the right ones. The entire page is the garden room filled with potted bulbs, a wheelbarrow and watering can. Oh, and a few rather nibbled on apples. Next, the delightful kitchen shelves become a mouse playground. Cheese, jelly, chocolate mice and where did she go? She is hidden quite well! Still in the kitchen, we see all the makings for cake and cookies for the birthday party. Looks delicious. Then, onto the hallway to hide safely while the cat is asleep. While the birthday party is going on, little Henrietta has a feast of her own and is found nibbling on some cat cookies. Off to the playroom where she disappears almost entirely and then off to the bathroom to sail in a boat. By accident, she gets a bit of a bath. lol "On to the attic, the best is for last! No one comes up-I can hide in the past." -Henrietta Finally, the next morning she collects the rest of the party leftovers to furnish her nest and then suddenly she sees paws at the door! "The cat seeks a mouse. I may have to move on-is there room in your house?" she says. I can also highly recommend: The Country Mouse in the Town House in which the little country mouse receives an invitation to visit the little city mouse and you just know they are going to have some "scampering" good times. Cute hide-and-seek books. ~The Rebecca Review