One Gray Mouse

I got this book for my boys (20 months) from the library a few weeks ago. At first reading, I thought it was a cute, simple counting book with beautiful illustrations. Well, after reading it MANY times, I am finding that there is so much more to this little book! I keep discovering new concepts in it and am excited to share these with my boys. For instance, The colors connect from one page to the next...The little mouse actually collects items from each animal he visits that show up on the last page...and the color of the item he collects corresponds to the color of the animals he visits! We love this book and since it's a library book, I think I will have to buy our own copy! Enjoy!!

The illustrations in this book are absolutely stunning. They are photographed of modeled clay, and look as crisp and whimsical as the works of Nick Parks (of Wallace and Grommit fame). The sequencing and rhyming of colors and objects is clever, and is still fun the 10th or 20th+ time you read it to your little one. My daughter loves looking for the gray mouse in every picture, and I am still finding new things to discover in the pictures myself. I can't recommend this book highly enough. Ideal for children from 1-3.

The rhythmic text and the brightly-coloured illustrations captivated my child as early as 4 months of age. The repetition of colour from one page to the next and the little mouse collecting a souvenir in each illustration only add that much more to an engaging read-aloud experience.