MICE by Lois Ehlert

Rose Fyleman's MICE was my favorite poem as a child.  I remember sitting in my footie-pajamas and asking my father to read it one more time.   And I remember later sitting down by myself working to memorize it;  and to this day I still know it by heart. 

What Lois Ehlert brings to this great kid-friendly poem is her wonderful whimsical artwork. In this case a multi-media collage of paper, string and drawings. So you'll get to see the two toothy mice with combs and toothbrushes --the latter obviously one of the ways they keep their teeth so white.

Great read-aloud. Great poem for children to memorize. This book can also be used to inspire an art project. With very young children you could cut out the triangles, teeth and string and let them create a montage of their own.  Older children can do the cutting for themselves.

Pam T
Somewhere in the X-burbs

MICE 
words by Rose Fyleman
art by Lois Ehlert

I think mice
Are rather nice.

Their tails are long,
Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink,
Their teeth are white,
They run about
The house at night.
They nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.

But I think mice
Are nice.”

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Page Count:  40

• Publisher: Beach Lane Books (October 16, 2012)
• ISBN-10: 1442456841