Mouse Paint: Lap-Sized Board Book

by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Overview

One day three white mice discover three jars of paint--red, blue, and yellow. Both parents and children alike will appreciate this lighthearted presentation of a lesson in color. “Walsh’s cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and just the right simplicity for the storyline. A real charmer that’s great fun as well as informative.”--School Library Journal

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780152055332
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	03/01/2006
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	15
Sales rank:	437,251
Product dimensions:	10.37(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.72(d)
Lexile:	AD440L (what's this?)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

ELLEN STOLL WALSH is the author and illustrator of many award-winning early concept books for young children, including Mouse Count and the Dot and Jabber trilogy. She lives near Rochester, New York.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Walsh’s cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and just the right simplicity for the storyline. A real charmer that’s great fun as well as informative."—School Library Journal

"Simplicity reigns in Walsh's brief tale, and a feeling of joyful discovery pervades her broad lines and expressive figures."—Publishers Weekly

Editorial Reviews

"Walsh’s cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and just the right simplicity for the storyline. A real charmer that’s great fun as well as informative."--School Library Journal (starred review)

"Simplicity reigns in Walsh's brief tale, and a feeling of joyful discovery pervades her broad lines and expressive figures."--Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

Mice, a rottweiler, an arachnid and a few other assorted critters make sturdy reappearances in five board book versions of picture books. In Ellen Stoll Walsh's Mouse Paint, ``three white mice on a white piece of paper" enjoy a colorful romp, while in Walsh's Mouse Count a similar gaggle narrowly escapes being served for dinner (Harcourt/Red Wagon, $6 each, 28p, ages 1-3 ISBN 0-15-200265-0; -200266-9 Sept.). Yet another mouse searches the animal kingdom for companionshipand finds an unexpected respondentin Eric Carle's Do You Want to Be My Friend? (HarperFestival, $6.95, 32p, ages 2-6, ISBN 0-694-00709-9 Sept.). The rewards of industriousness are celebrated in a second Carle title, The Very Busy Spider; its embossed web brings a tactile dimension to his familiar collage artwork (Philomel, $9.95, 26p, ages 2-up ISBN 0-399-22919-1 Aug.). Finally, the canine in question is Alexandra Day's beloved Carl, who takes charge of a crew of toddlers in Carl Goes to Day Care (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $5.95, ages 1-3 ISBN 0-374-31145-5 Sept.).

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

A pair of oversize board books introduce classics to youngest booklovers: Let's Go Visiting by Sue Williams, illus. by Julie Vivas ("A cumulative counting tale bursting with frisky baby animals," said PW); and Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh (a PW Best Book of the Year). In the first, the child narrator introduces colors, numbers and animals, while the trio of mice in the second title use red, blue and yellow to demonstrate primary, complimentary and contrasting colors. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

It is not surprising that this book has won practically every children's book award—it is one of the most imaginative presentations ever on the subject of colors. When three white mice discover three jars of paint—one red, one yellow, and one blue—each climbs right in. The red mouse finds that if he steps in a yellow puddle and does a little dance, his paint puddle turns orange. And so it goes with the other mice as they create green and purple, respectively. But the mice must still return to their original white color so they can hide on white paper where the cat can't find them. This latest edition is a large format board book meant for lap sharing. 2006 (orig. 1989), Harcourt, Ages 2 up.
—Marilyn Bagel

Children's Literature

It's not surprising that this book has won practically every children's book award there is. It's one of the most imaginative presentations ever on the subject of colors. When three white mice discover three jars of paint-one red, one yellow and one blue-each climbs right in. The red mouse finds that if he steps in a yellow puddle and does a little dance, his paint puddle turns orange. And so it goes with the other mice as they create green and purple respectively. But the mice must still return to their original white color so they can hide on white paper where the cat can't find them.

Children's Literature - Marilyn Bagel

New to board book format, this is a book for young children that tells a simple story of color mixing and camouflage that has subtle concepts underneath. It is an amusing presentation of a lesson about colors that can be shared with children for a number of years. Both parents and children will enjoy the wonderful illustrations. 1995 (orig.

Children's Literature - Susie Wilde