Whose Mouse are You? by: Robert Kraus

Genre: Picture Book

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Copyright Date: 1970

Number of Pages: 40

Reading Level: 4-8

Summary:

This is a very simple and cute book about a mouse. The narrator starts off asking the mouse who he belongs to, and the mouse replies that he is nobodies. His mother is inside a cat, his father caught in a trap, his sister is far from home and he doesn't have a brother. The narrator then asks him what he will do... He shakes his mother out of the cat, he frees his father from the trap, he find his sister and brings her home, and he wishes for a brother! Now the narrator asks whose mouse he is, he replies, his mother's, father's, sister's... and BROTHER'S!! His parents had another son.

Who would benefit from reading this book/ Who would I recommend this book to?

Parents of little kids. It is a good read aloud book.

What problems/conflicts could this book potentially cause?

It could imply that you can't be happy without a mother and father and some children don't have both parents and that could be a problem.

My Reaction:

I thought it was a cute, simple book. Kids would love it because it is about a mouse. I would definately read this to my children.