Babymouse, Our Hero

An eight-and-a-half-inch, fourteen-ounce ball of fearsome, humiliating danger looms in the imagination of Babymouse. She is anticipating the upcoming dodgeball match next week against her arch nemesis, Felicia Furrypaws, a cat skilled in the game. Her aim is acutely accurate. Her opponents flop on the gym floor toppled by her powerful throw. Poor Babymouse is terrible at the game. Dreadful anticipation lets her imagination runs wild. Worse, on the day of the big match, she’s left her sneakers at home! And yet, and yet, at the end of the game, Babymouse is the only player on her team left standing. Everything depends on her!

There’s nearly a hundred pages of silly, sarcastic, slapstick fun in this laugh out loud funny book.

Read on September 14, 2014

I love Babymouse's imagination and that she tries no matter what. She might stumble along the way and find school really boring (no one is perfect), but she never gives up!

Babymouse thought school was hard enough- with battling against her locker to save her homework and fighting fractions in math class, but now it’s time for the dreaded dodgeball tournament and Felicia Furrypaws is out to get her. Children in second grade and up will delight in the daydreams that pepper the story where Babymouse imagines all the great things that could happen to her and sometimes…do! Readers will love her plucky attitude and laugh at her daily struggles. Highlighted in her beloved pink, action filled black and white illustrations comically present Babymouse wherever her imagination can take her. The jam-packed layout of each page provides more pictures than text, encouraging the reluctant reader to turn page after show more page. Babymouse is a sassy and sarcastic youngster who really wants to save the world…remembering her sneakers to wear in gym class might help though. With sixteen books in the series (soon to be seventeen) readers can look forward to pulling Babymouse off the shelf again and again. show less

An easily-likable protagonist in relatable, fixable situations, young readers may be able to read through the Babymouse series of a young mouse learning to fix her own problems through her imagination and connections (friendships and family relations). In this particular Babymouse book, Babymouse is confronted with a school issue she cannot avoid. And so, with practice and assistance from her friends, she learns to rise above the challenge all while solidifying her connections with her loved ones. Despite the loving characters and the amazing illustration, this series would be more suitable for young children in the 3-6 grade level, because of its complex storyline, the layout of the story (especially when they run back and forth show more between her active imagination and reality), and the fact that this isn’t really an educational read.Even though each book administers their own message of “rising above” and “triumphing” as well as learning, it wouldn’t be a read for children working on their reading level and comprehension. show less

This entire series is adorable and every young girl I have suggested it to has loved it. My daughter is counting the days until the next one comes out, and when it does I am sure once more her older sister and I will also borrowing it to see what Babymouse is up to next.

A great book to get girls reading, and thinking about alternative formats like graphic novels.

Intermediate
Baby mouse is a young girl/mouse that has a creative imagination and pictures herself in different scenarios, in this case as a superhero.
It is a good book for young girls, it is full of creativity, but also women empowerment and something to relate to as a young girl.

This is a graphic novel that is part of a series. It portrays a mouse named Babymouse who does not like to go to school. Everything is such a big deal with her. When she finds out that there's going to be dodgeball the next day in PE, she dreads coming to school. She talks to her best friend Wilson the weasel about why she is afraid. Wilson tells her to be brave and face her fears, which is easier said than done. It's all Felicia Furrypaws fault for being a bully. After a lot of soul searching, Babymouse goes to school to face her bully. During the game, Wilson is about to be creamed by Felicia when Babymouse steps in and saves the day by conquering her fears.