Charlie & Mouse Even Better (Charlie & Mouse Series #3)

by Laurel Snyder, Emily Hughes (Illustrator)

Overview

“Affectionate and quirky” tales of two inventive brothers preparing for their mom’s birthday: “Spot-on for beginning independent readers.” —Kirkus Reviews
 
From the author and illustrator of Charlie & Mouse, a winner of the Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, this volume features four hilarious stories that make up one irresistible beginning chapter book.
 
Charlie & Mouse are preparing to celebrate one very special birthday: their mom’s. Young readers can follow along as the brothers choose the best pancakes, hunt for presents, decorate with snakes, and more. Things don’t go exactly as planned—but with plenty of humor and heart, Charlie and Mouse prove that sometimes when things aren’t perfect, what they turn out to be is even better.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452171111
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	03/22/2023
Series:	Charlie & Mouse Series , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	6 MB
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Laurel Snyder is the author of many books for children. She lives and writes in Atlanta, Georgia.
Emily Hughes is an illustrator (and sometimes writer) who lives in windy Brighton, England, while thinking fondly of her hometown in Hilo, Hawaii.

Editorial Reviews

05/31/2019

K-Gr 2-This third installment in the early reader series is as droll and true to life as its predecessors. The book is comprised of four chapters, each of which is a short episode in the lives of brothers Charlie and Mouse. They help their mom make shape pancakes, shop for her birthday present, "help" their dad in the way of all preschoolers, and finally work together to fix a problem and celebrate their family. VERDICT A recommended first purchase for newly independent readers.-Lisa Lehmuller, Paul Cuffee Maritime Charter School, Providence

School Library Journal

2019-03-03

"Mom is the best!"—and her birthday is just around the corner.

In four short chapters, Charlie and Mouse repeatedly one-up themselves as they arrive at better and even better ideas. The early reader opens on a familiar scene in which Mom makes pancakes for the kids. Charlie and Mouse enthusiastically offer suggestions for improvements on the pancakes, until Mom's expression turns from cheer to exasperation and her humor becomes blunt. In the following sagas, the siblings shop for gifts, prepare decorations while Dad burns the cake, and split up to distract Mom just long enough for a backup special surprise. The standout second chapter captures the comical banter as the children consider what gifts Mom would like with the money they have to spend. They mull over buying her a box they would promise never to peek in but, knowing that they "like to snoop," reject the idea in favor of a more practical one. Though previous titles in this series have identified the children as male, they are not referred to by any gendered pronouns and nothing about their illustrated appearance codes them as overtly masculine or feminine. They do appear to be biracial, with a white mom and Asian dad.

An affectionate and quirky offering, spot-on for beginning independent readers. (Early reader. 6-9)

Kirkus Reviews