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"When a big storm passes over their house, Little Critter and his family lose power! What will they do without it?"--Page [4] of cover.Tags
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I really liked this book. I liked the plot and the illustrations. The story started off with a storm coming. It showed all the things the critters did to get ready for the storm. ““We may lose power.” Dad checked all the flashlights.” “The wind began to blow. It blew harder and harder. It began to rain, too.” It talked about what the weather was outside as well as what the critters were doing. They played board games, read books, and told ghost stories all night. I was entertained the whole time and could really relate to the story because I have done the same thing during a storm before. The illustrations were cute. The critters looked like real people but everything was cartoonish. They kept showing a mouse and a spider in show more every picture which was cute too. The big idea in this story is that storms happen and you need to do different things to stay safe and entertained. show less
When a storm passes over Little Critter's house he loses power and doesn't know what to do. Little Critter teaches children that storms are not something to be scared of and that everything will be ok. Many young children are scared of thunderstorms and would find great solace in this story.
Found this for my New York granddaughter just before that last storms of winter. Her mom says it was a hit.
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Mercer Mayer was born December 30, 1943 in Little Rock Arkansas. While attending school at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Mayer decided to enter the field of children's book illustration. He created a portfolio of sketches and peddled them wherever he could. He moved to New York City in 1964, pursuing further instruction at the Art Students League of show more New York, where he met an artist named Marianna who became his first wife. He soon created a new portfolio and with these new sketches persuaded editors at Dial Press and Harper & Row to give him some illustration work. Mayer published his first book, A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog, at Dial Press in 1967. It was notable for being a completely wordless picture book one that tells its story entirely with pictures. Mayer was one of the first illustrators to be credited for using this format. Five more books in this series were to follow. Mayer joined Golden Publishing, creators of Little Golden Books, in 1976. Through them he has sold his "Little Critter" and "Little Monster" series, which are popular with beginning readers. His title Just Me and My Dad made The New York Times Best Seller List for 2012. In 2015, his title Little Critter: Just a Little Love, also made the list. His holiday book, Merry Christmas Mom and Dad, is also a bestseller. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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