Vivian Sathre

While this was a cute story, it isn't one that I will go back to. The storyline consist of three mice baking a cake for a cat and inviting him to see it at the end. I felt as if there wasn't much to it, although I could see how it could be a good story to read to children about working together.

This is a picture book about three mice that try to sneak and bake their sleeping friend a cake for his/her birthday. The mice made a tremendous amount of noise, which caused their friend to wake up. The cat thought the mice didn't want to be bothered with him because the cat was put out the kitchen where the cake was being made. After all the trouble the mice went through, the cake is finally completed and presented to the cat who is very grateful and happy at the end. This is also a really show more good book to guide a child in baking a cake. It was a very detailed book and taught a lesson to work together and be kind to one another. show less

This early reader is a lesson on cooperation and cooking for in unlikely recipient of a birthday cake. The family cat ends up grateful to his three mice friends for their wacky efforts at making his birthday special.

Eh. I could take or leave this book. I guess it would be good for very young children, where you need to use shorter sentences and words so they get the gist. But for older kids, it's just not as good. There wasn't much description of what they were doing, and lots of the sentences weren't even complete sentences. They were just phrases. Particularly for my daughter, I'd prefer books to have complete sentences, so that she can absorb how we speak, how sentences are structured, etc.

It was show more ok. I don't think I'd recommend it to anyone. With a little bit of work, it could have been a great book. It just lacks detail about what they were doing and why. show less