Library Mouse: A Friend's Taleby Daniel Kirk
Syndetic Solutions - [Book Review for 9780810989276] Book Review : School Library Journal
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K-Gr 2—Library Mouse (Abrams, 2007) introduced shy, library-dwelling Sam, who writes and illustrates books that he leaves for Mrs. Forrester and the children to read. This pleasant sequel features a bashful boy named Tom, who is a member of the Writers and Illustrators Club. He discovers that the mysterious author is a mouse and leaves him treats in an effort to make friends. Sam is able to bypass the cheese and crackers, but when he finds the story Tom wrote, he cannot resist. When the club meets again, Mrs. Forrester finds a new book written by Tom and illustrated by Sam, featuring two friends drawn as mice. When asked to identify his collaborator, Tom keeps his new friend's secret. Kirk's anthropomorphic mouse lives in a realistic-looking library, and his drawings of the librarian and children are incredibly lifelike. Tom's facial expressions and body language aptly convey his shyness and concern about Sam. The illustrations alternate between full-bleed drawings and spotlight cameos, and the perspective changes to show the story from of the points of view of the two main characters. This charming selection deserves a place in most collections.—Martha Simpson, Stratford Library Association, CT Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Syndetic Solutions - [Book Review for 0810989271] Book Review : BookList
: From BookList, May 15, 2009, Copyright © American Library Association. Used with permission. : Kirk continues his love letter to libraries with this follow-up to Library Mouse (2007). After he's left without a partner on the latest project for his library's Writers and Illustrators club, a young boy named Tom discovers the mouse Sam's hiding place behind the children's reference desk. Despite never having been seen (in fact, no one even knows he's a mouse!), Sam is still an accomplished and admired author-illustrator at the library. Tom leaves tokens of friendship at Sam's hole-a piece of cheese, a peanut-butter cracker-without any results. Finally he decides to leave something Sam can't ignore . . . a story! Together they write, and Sam illustrates, a book called The Shy One. Kirk's lifelike art remains exceptional-the world seen from Sam's perspective is impeccably detailed. The covers of classic children's books such as Goodnight Moon and Frindle appear on desks and in the hands of patrons; young readers will be thrilled to recognize some titles and encouraged to read the ones they don't yet know. This charming sequel will be another hit at library story hour. Jones, Courtney. : | distributed by Syndetic Solutions, LLC.: |
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