Side By Side

by Rachel Bright, Debi Gliori (Illustrator)

Overview

A little mouse finds a best friend to stay by her side!

Deep in the heart of Wintermouse Wood,Down in the grass where the autumn trees stood,Lived all kinds of creatures -- some big and some small --Some spiky, some furry, some short, and some tall.Follow one little mouseling and her search for a best friend to stay by her side in this joyful read-aloud bedtime book -- the perfect celebration of friendship. Rachel Bright's sweet text and Debi Gliori's heartwarming illustrations show the importance of friendship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545826150
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	04/28/2015
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	3 MB
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Rachel Bright is the author of Side by Side and the Love Monster series. She is also the creator of a bestselling card and gift line, the brightside. She lives on a farm by the sea in England with her family and all manner of animals.
Debi Gliori has illustrated so many picture books and novels for children that she has lost count. She is the author and illustrator of NO MATTER WHAT and the illustrator of ALWAYS AND FOREVER. She lives in Scotland. For more information, go to www.debiglioribooks.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for LOVE MONSTER (by Rachel Bright)"A winning picture book by Rachel Bright. ... With the Monster, as with many a lonely soul, love arrives when he least expects it in this ultimately happy excursion for 2- to 5-year-olds." —THE WALL STREET JOURNALPraise for FLORA'S BLANKET (by Debi Gliori)"Gliori gets just about everything right here. The oversize ink-and-watercolor art is deceptively simple, offering large shapes that are easy for young eyes to take in. But there's subtlety, too. Gliori knows how to make much of a drooping shoulder, a pat on a child's head, and, of course, a clutching hand on a favorite blanket, finally found. This is comforting, cozy, and just right for two-year-olds' story hours." —BOOKLISTPraise for FLORA'S SURPRISE! (by Debi Gliori) "Gliori's bright, cheerful, full-color watercolor-and-ink art fills the spreads with the lush abundance of spring, summer, and fall gardens. Each illustration is full of homey details that children will want to pore over." —SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL

From the Publisher

04/01/2015
PreS-Gr 2—Little Mouseling is a tiny child with a huge heart. From a big family of wide-eyed mice, she loves time together but struggles to keep up with her many siblings and is left alone in the Wintermouse Wood. Little Mouseling tries many friends to quiet her loneliness but to no avail. Toad wants to jump in the water, but Mouseling can't swim. Squirrel wants to climb, and Owl wants to fly, but the young mouse is too afraid to find any true companionship in these new friends. Just when Little Mouseling is ready to give up, a new friend comes along , with whom she's happy to spend every day, side by side. This sweet story about finding a friend brings together all of the adorable elements of woodland creatures with all the woes of finding the perfect companion. VERDICT With pleasant rhyme and delightful illustrations, this title will attract young readers.—Ashley Prior, Lincoln Public Library, RI

School Library Journal

2015-02-03
A little mouse finds a friend in this rhyming picture book.Little Mouseling, the youngest of many, is very small, and her many brothers and sisters often just don't wait for her. When she pops out from under the tree where her family lives, many respond to her plea for someone to "stay by [her] side." Unfortunately, Toad Flip likes the water (she doesn't), and Big Squirrel Brown wants to climb (she doesn't). Her sad tears, however, bring "a tinyful, weenimous, little black vole" to her side. They find much in common and much to share: "all the things / you can do as a two!" Gliori has created a fanciful wood of little animals that sometimes only vaguely resemble their actual counterparts; all have big eyes and lively expressions. She uses curlicues of plants, trees and tails to show movement and pattern—and joy. Mouseling's ladybug pull-toy is a stroke of brilliance; the little black vole's scene of singing and dancing, with his mouth open operatically wide and waving two maple helicopters in the air like banners, is another. The text is rhymed, not always felicitously, but the language is pleasing. The penultimate spread of paired-off buddies—rabbits and foxes and owls and insects—is an affectionate paean to BFFs and/or couples. This sweet celebration of friendship is elevated by its winsome illustrations. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews