Awards

• Winner of Maryland Blue Crab Young Reader Award (Transitional Fiction) 2008

Overview

Mouse and Mole are very excited. Minkus the Magnificent is in town-ONE SHOW ONLY!-and they can't wait to sit in the front row and see his tricks. After the abracadabras happen, though, something goes a bit wrong-and Mole is very disappointed to discover that magic is sometimes not exactly what it seems. How will Mouse help her friend realize that there is magic happening right in front of their very eyes? Wong Herbert Yee gives readers another grand adventure with two best friends, Mouse and Mole, who, despite their different outlooks on life, manage to show each other that friendship itself is a magical event! AGES: 4 to 7 AUTHOR: Wong Herbert Yee lives in Michigan, where he writes and illustrates books for children including the Mouse and Mole series and the Fireman Small series.

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9780547406213

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Reviews

Frequent, small frames resembling comic-book cells are sprinkled among the full-page illustrations, pulling the reader forward. Warm nighttime charcoal-and-gouache hues make the magic of Mouse's natural world warm and inviting to new readers. Kirkus, 9/15/07 Kirkus Reviews The plentiful charcoal pencil-and-gouche illustrations...imbue the moonlit nighttime scenes with appropriate mystery and wonder...[With] a grand finale sure to satisfy the audience. The Horn Book, Nov/Dec 2007 Horn Book [T]he artwork nicely reinforces the story's action, the closeness between friends, and shared wonder in nature's magic. Booklist 11/2007 Booklist, ALA Yee portrays Mole's vulnerability and Mouse's pragmatism with great sensitivity and humor. SLJ Jan 2007, School Library Journal, Starred review

Frequent, small frames resembling comic-book cells are sprinkled among the full-page illustrations, pulling the reader forward. Warm nighttime charcoal-and-gouache hues make the magic of Mouse's natural world warm and inviting to new readers. Kirkus, 9/15/07 Kirkus Reviews The plentiful charcoal pencil-and-gouche illustrations...imbue the moonlit nighttime scenes with appropriate mystery and wonder...[With] a grand finale sure to satisfy the audience. The Horn Book, Nov/Dec 2007 Horn Book [T]he artwork nicely reinforces the story's action, the closeness between friends, and shared wonder in nature's magic. Booklist 11/2007 Booklist, ALA Yee portrays Mole's vulnerability and Mouse's pragmatism with great sensitivity and humor. SLJ Jan 2007, School Library Journal, Starred review

Frequent, small frames resembling comic-book cells are sprinkled among the full-page illustrations, pulling the reader forward. Warm nighttime charcoal-and-gouache hues make the magic of Mouse's natural world warm and inviting to new readers. Kirkus, 9/15/07 Kirkus Reviews<br><br> The plentiful charcoal pencil-and-gouche illustrations...imbue the moonlit nighttime scenes with appropriate mystery and wonder...[With] a grand finale sure to satisfy the audience. The Horn Book, Nov/Dec 2007 Horn Book<br><br> [T]he artwork nicely reinforces the story's action, the closeness between friends, and shared wonder in nature's magic. Booklist 11/2007 Booklist, ALA<br><br> Yee portrays Mole's vulnerability and Mouse's pragmatism with great sensitivity and humor. SLJ Jan 2007, School Library Journal , Starred review

Author Information

Wong Herbert Yee was born in Detroit, Michigan. He received his B. F. A. from Wayne State University and currently works as a graphic artist in Troy, Michigan. His daughter's early development of a sense of humor amused and inspired Yee enough to write and illustrate Eek! There's a Mouse in the House. Since then Yee has gone on to write and illustrate many more beloved picture books including Fireman Small.

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