The Small Mice of HomesvilleRead Aloud and Easy-Reader (We Love AnimalsFiction Book 1) by Linda May Kallestein

The Small Mice of HomesvilleRead Aloud and Easy-Reader (We Love AnimalsFiction Book 1) Reviews

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  Thom Swennes

  Sometimes you just have to take responsibility. Sebastian loved his home and family. He felt safe and secure in this familiar, closed and intimate world behind the wall. Through the hole that connected his home with the mysterious, open and chilling world known as Homeville, he would often stare with longing. His toes would propel him unconsciously and lightly through the hole until the voice of one or both of his parents would arrest his progress. “You are still too small to go to Homeville,” they would warn him and he would return to his small world, frustrated but safe. One day his parents came to him and said that they were going to Homeville and as the oldest he was to look after his siblings. Although they all celebrated the same birthday he was the oldest, if even by just a couple of minutes. Sebastian took this assignment seriously… his family was depending on him. Once his parents departed he approached his job thoroughly and systematically. First he counted his brothers and then his sisters. Frida! One of his sisters was missing! Without panic he organized his siblings and started on a search and rescue mission with Johann, one of his many brothers. What follows is an adventure sure to whet the appetite of readers of all ages. Sometimes you have to return to the source. No matter how old you are or how long you’ve read, those books at the beginning have stayed with you in one way or another. Much in the spirit of Stuart Little and Watership Down, this book has successfully created a world that can be enjoyed and remembered by children of all ages. the illustrations by Elias Kallestein are simple and thoroughly delightful.
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  Kathryn Svendsen

  Sebastian is a small mouse who is one day left in charge of his brothers and sisters while his parents go into Homesville. While they were all born on the same day, Sebastian was the eldest of them all.
  
  Sebastian has always wanted to go into Homesville, but knows that he is too little to go. However he does feel very proud to be considered big enough to babysit his brothers and sisters. He is careful to count them and make sure they are all there. That is, until his sister Frida turns up missing.
  
  I thought Sebastian was a brave little mouse to go after his sister even though he was very fearful about going into such a big place. He was very resourceful in his thinking about how to save her. He was also thoughtful about what to do in regards to keeping his brothers and sisters safe at home while he went looking for Frida.
  
  It was obvious to me that Sebastian’s parents made a good choice to put Sebastian in charge rather than one of the other mice as he was able to round them all up again before their parents got home. I imagine they will have quite a tale to tell when they all wake up.
  
  I thought this was a wonderful first chapter book story about small animals in a big world. Children will love having this book read to them or enjoy reading it as one of their first chapter books. I gave The Small Mice of Homesville 5 stars out of 5.
  
  I purchased this book on Amazon.ca in order to review it.
  
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  Carol

  Great story about courage and caring for siblings. The illustrations are beautiful. It's broken into chapters, making it perfect to read in sections or all the way through. I was gifted a copy of the paperback for my daughter to use in her preschool classroom. I am reviewing it because I genuinely enjoyed it, even as an adult.
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  Jaguar

  Short story. It was okay. I liked the pictures.