BIBLIOGRAPHY
Holm, Jennifer and Matthew Holm. 2005. BABYMOUSE – QUEEN OF THE WORLD! New York, NY: Random House. ISBN 0-375-93229-1
Holm, Jennifer and Matthew Holm. 2005. BABYMOUSE – QUEEN OF THE WORLD! New York, NY: Random House. ISBN 0-375-93229-1
PLOT SUMMARY
Babymouse has an imagination like no other and dreams of being queen of the world. Her one wish is to get an invitation to the popular Felicia Furrypaws' slumber party. Babymouse will even go to the extreme of giving Felicia her book report in exchange to an invitation to her infamous slumber party. The bad news is that the slumber party is on the same day she promised to go over to her friend Wilson the Weasel's house to watch a monster movie. Babymouse chose to go the slumber party and had very high expectations as to what they would be doing at the party. She wondered if they would skydive or go to the dinner theater. Well, to her surprise the party was very boring and just too lame for this spunky mouse. So she decided to leave the party and join her friend Wilson for a movie. Babymouse realizes that she is lucky to have a good friend and that she is already queen of the world!
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
What a great graphic novel for children in grades 3rd-6th to read and learn the true meaning of friendship. The author did a great job in implementing character traits like kindness, fairness, and friendship. These are traits that students deal with on a daily basis. The pictures are pretty simple but help the reader understand the story and the emotions. The illustrator helped the reader understand when mouse was using her imagination by using pink and using black and white when the mouse was back to reality. Struggling readers may find the pictures and text hard to read but girls may find the story true and right to the point.
AWARDS AND REVIEW EXCERPTS
Babymouse has an imagination like no other and dreams of being queen of the world. Her one wish is to get an invitation to the popular Felicia Furrypaws' slumber party. Babymouse will even go to the extreme of giving Felicia her book report in exchange to an invitation to her infamous slumber party. The bad news is that the slumber party is on the same day she promised to go over to her friend Wilson the Weasel's house to watch a monster movie. Babymouse chose to go the slumber party and had very high expectations as to what they would be doing at the party. She wondered if they would skydive or go to the dinner theater. Well, to her surprise the party was very boring and just too lame for this spunky mouse. So she decided to leave the party and join her friend Wilson for a movie. Babymouse realizes that she is lucky to have a good friend and that she is already queen of the world!
CRITICAL ANALYSIS
What a great graphic novel for children in grades 3rd-6th to read and learn the true meaning of friendship. The author did a great job in implementing character traits like kindness, fairness, and friendship. These are traits that students deal with on a daily basis. The pictures are pretty simple but help the reader understand the story and the emotions. The illustrator helped the reader understand when mouse was using her imagination by using pink and using black and white when the mouse was back to reality. Struggling readers may find the pictures and text hard to read but girls may find the story true and right to the point.
AWARDS AND REVIEW EXCERPTS
Awards
WINNER 2006 Gryphon Award
WINNER 2006 ALA Notable Children's BookWINNER 2006 New York Book Show Awards
NOMINEE Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
WINNER 2006 ALA Notable Children's BookWINNER 2006 New York Book Show Awards
NOMINEE Pennsylvania Young Readers Choice Award
Reviews
"Move over, Superman, here comes Babymouse!"
~The Chicago Sun-Times
~The Chicago Sun-Times
"Cute, smart, sassy Babymouse is fun and funny, and this book, like its predecessors, will draw reluctant readers as well as Babymouse fans."
~Booklist:
~Booklist:
"Emergent readers will cheer 'Babymouse!'"
~Kirkus Reviews
~Kirkus Reviews
CONNECTIONS
1) Discuss Character traits such as Kindness, Fairness, Caring, Self-Respect, and Perseverance. Ask the counselor to come in and do a lesson on one or each of the character traits.
2) Discuss unfamiliar words and have the students use context clues with in the text to define them. Unfamiliar words:
sanitation (p.14)
jabbering (p.29)
suspicious (p.29)
treason (p.86)
1) Discuss Character traits such as Kindness, Fairness, Caring, Self-Respect, and Perseverance. Ask the counselor to come in and do a lesson on one or each of the character traits.
2) Discuss unfamiliar words and have the students use context clues with in the text to define them. Unfamiliar words:
sanitation (p.14)
jabbering (p.29)
suspicious (p.29)
treason (p.86)
3) Students can write their own comic strip.
4) Read the following books from the Babymouse series and compare and contrast them using a double bubble map
Babymouse: our hero ISBN: 978-0-375-83230-7
Babymouse: beachbabe ISBN: 978-0-375-83231-4
Babymouse: rock star ISBN: 978-0-375-93232-8
5) Students can visit the official Babymouse website to learn more about the authors, characters, or play games:
http://www.randomhousekids.m/brand/babymouse-squish/
Babymouse: our hero ISBN: 978-0-375-83230-7
Babymouse: beachbabe ISBN: 978-0-375-83231-4
Babymouse: rock star ISBN: 978-0-375-93232-8
5) Students can visit the official Babymouse website to learn more about the authors, characters, or play games:
http://www.randomhousekids.m/brand/babymouse-squish/
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