If You Take a Mouse to School

If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff was one of my favorite books. I always loved how playful and imaginative the story was. In this book, the curious little mouse goes on another fun adventure—this time to school! I enjoyed how one thing leads to another, creating a silly and exciting chain of events that keeps you smiling the whole way through. The colorful illustrations and fun rhythm make it so enjoyable to read, especially for young children. What I loved most about this book was how it made school look exciting and full of possibilities. It’s a story that always made me laugh and reminded me how fun learning can be.

What happens when you take a mouse to school? After math, spelling, and science, it's time to make a mouse house out of building blocks! This imaginative picture book follows all the unlikely adventures that could happen if you brought a charming little mouse to school. The whimsical illustrations accompany the story perfectly. The little details are particularly amusing - whether it's the mouse writting words like "insidious" and "verisimilitude" on the blackboard or whether it's the cookies in the lunchbox and the grocery list on the fridge also calling for cookies (both reminders of the original book in the series, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie). This is the kind of book to easily delight young children, girls or boys, and was such a show more hit the last time I was babysitting that I had to read it aloud at least half a dozen times! The only downside to this particular story in the series is that the loop doesn't quite make sense (i.e., in If You Give a Cat a Cupcake, there's a logical progression from the cat getting the cupcake in the beginning through all his adventures back to wanting a cupcake again at the end. This one just abruptly ends with "you'll have to take him back to school." Even the 4-year-old I was reading this to asked "why?" about this ending several times because it made no sense.) show less

If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff and Illustrated by Felica Bond looks different as an adult reading than it than having it read to me at a young age. While the big picture of the book is just referring to cause and effect of small things in life but when applying it to my life and seeing what others are doing it makes me think deeper. While the mouse is just asking for the boy's lunch or school supplies it makes me think of friends asking for favors and never returning something and only come around for when it is convenient to them. While the author also does leave some of the story for the children up for infer for children to keep the guessing which helps them learn and understand more. Bond also paints the picture of show more each descriptive word and makes all the drawings big and bold with bright colors and dramatic visuals like on page 10 showing the mouse do a science experiment that is exploding to draw attention of kids making the book more exciting due to the dramatic display. show less

If You Take a Mouse to School by Laura Numeroff

If You Take a Mouse to School is a picture book that follows a curious mouse whose requests create a chain of events thought the school day. The story is told in a repeating, circular pattern in a second person's view. The story's theme is how one action causes another. It can also be curiosity, responsibility, and friendship. The mouses fun personality develops through his creative and crazy adventures. Felicia bonds with the illustrator's use of bright watercolors adds humor and extra clues that can support the text and help readers follow the adventure of the story. Even though the picture book follows along a talking mouse, its setting is appropriate for young students given it takes show more place in a school. It can allow children to make that connection to reading where it's fun and relatable. show less

This book, along with all other Laura Numeroff books was great! I always love books written by Laura Numeroff. Her books are perfect and cute in every way. I especially love "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie," or "If You Give a Moose a Muffin." They are cute simple stories that draw kids of any ages. The way she writes draws you into the story by wondering what the main character animal will do next. " If You Take a Mouse to School" is about a boy that brings his mouse to school with him for a day. The mouse goes through the day with him, doing everything that the boy does. It goes through things such as going on the bus, playing at recess, and lunch time. First of many reasons why I love this book is that each action leads the mouse to show more want something else because it is so relatable to the actions of young children in the real world. Second, I like that it is set in a school. It introduces the young readers of this story to new things that they may experience while in school. It is also very relatable for some young readers as they are beginning school and may go through the same events that the boy and mouse go through in the story. Third, along with the plot, I enjoyed the illustrations. The colorful illustrations allow young readers to search for the mouse on each page while he is busy making mischief throughout the school in the story. Fourth, this story is silly and great to read for children of any age. It is fun to read because the young readers can guess by looking at the pictures of what the mouse will want to do next. Lastly, It is a good book for children to pretend what they would do if they brought a mouse to school themselves. Even though a child obviously could not take a mouse to school, nor could the mouse try a science experiment, do math, or write his own book, it allows the young readers to brainstorm and imagine other ideas of what the mouse could do next. That being said, I believe that Laura Numeroff's purpose was to leave her young readers thinking and continuing her story even when it ended. show less

5/5. The mouse and the young boy are friends, and the boy is going to bring him to school with him. The mouse will ask for his lunchbox and then have a line of requests after that creating a series of a chain of events. The boy is very patient with the mouse and fulfills all his requests even though the mouse is never fully satisfied. The boy shares everything with the mouse. The illustrations are very colorful and they complement the text well. this book is great for younger children to read. It employs friendship, sharing, and an excessive amount of humor. "If you take a mouse to school, he'll ask you for your lunchbox" (Numeroff, page 1 & 2).

Ah, mice. Give them an inch and they'll take a mile. Laura Numeroff and illustrator Felicia Bond, creators of the bestselling picture books If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, are back with If You Take a Mouse to School. As you might imagine, there are great risks in bringing your mouse to school. For starters, he'll ask you for your lunchbox. And then a sandwich. And a snack for later. Still not satisfied, he'll want to participate in everything from math to soccer. Children and adults alike will revel in the hilarious, very cute illustrations of the mouse in the classroom: hanging from the top corner of the blackboard to spell (aptly enough) "precocious" and "adrenaline," writing "'Goodnight Mouse' by show more Mouse," sitting inside the boy's open backpack playing with a yo-yo, etc. This book is more episodic in nature than the truly cause-and-effect formula of the previous books: "If you give a pig a pancake, she'll want some syrup to go with it." Nonetheless, kids who know and love this rollicking read-aloud series will laugh and play to see a mouse at school. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. show less