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    • Age Range: 6 to 8
    • Pub. Date: September 2007
    • 32pp
    • Sales Rank: 13,177
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      • Pub. Date: September 2007
      • Publisher: Abrams,Harry N Inc
      • Format: Hardcover, 32pp
      • Sales Rank: 13,177
      • Age Range: 6 to 8
      • Lexile: 830L 

      Synopsis

      A small creature offers his big voice for aspiring authors everywhere

      Every child can be a writer-and Library Mouse shows them how!

      Beloved children's books author and illustrator Daniel Kirk wonderfully brings to life the story of Sam, a library mouse. Sam's home was in a little hole in the wall in the children's reference books section, and he thought that life was very good indeed. For Sam loved to read. He read picture books and chapter books, biographies and poetry, and ghost stories and mysteries. Sam read so much that finally one day he decided to write books himself!

      Sam shared his books with other library visitors by placing them on a bookshelf at night. Until there came the time that people wanted to meet this talented author. Whatever was Sam to do?

      The joy of reading, writing, and sharing is brought to life in this warmhearted tale.

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      Sam, a library mouse, lives in a hole behind the children's reference books. This charming fellow, who dresses in shirt and pants and sleeps in pajamas, really enjoys his life there, sleeping during the busy days and relishing every kind of book at night. After filling his mind with both facts and imaginary wonders, he decides to write his own book. He works hard to finish Squeak! A Mouse's Life; then he places it on the shelf, in the Biography section of course. His next opus, The Lonely Cheese, goes with the picture books. The children and librarians notice his books and begin to read them. They wonder who the mysterious author is and decide to invite him for Author Day. Instead, too shy to appear himself, Sam inspires his fans to write a book of their own. Our hero is introduced on the front cover, sword in hand, standing atop a cat's face on a book, his foot on a pencil. The back and title page have him kneeling between books, hushing finger to mouth. Naturalistic vignettes and full-page scenes show Sam at work or imagining, as well as an active library. The titles of the books around him add to the fun.

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      Biography

      Daniel Kirk has illustrated a number of books for children. Library Mouse was given a starred review by Booklist magazine, which called it “a show-stopper.” Daniel lives in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, with his wife and three children. For more information about him, visit his Web site: www.danielkirk.com.

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      Excellent Book...by beenose

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      October 05, 2009: This is an amazing book.

      I can read it to my son over and over again and neither of us will be bored.

      It is educational and fun at the same time. Just because of this book, my son discovered that he could tell great stories even at age 4.

      As for the cover art and illustrations; I have all great stuff to say, too. We own the hardcover version and it is beautiful. The pictures are so realistic, looks like the mouse is going to jump right out of the book:-)

      Wonderful Book!by The_Queen_of_all_PARPdom

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      March 23, 2009: I read this book to the children at my son's elementary school (K-3) during our Parents As Reading Partners programs. It has a wonderful message and the children loved it. The great part about it is that it not only encourages the children to read all types of books but it encourages them to write and illustrate all differernt types of stories themselves as well and can be a great class project.

      I Also Recommend: Wild About Books, Born to Read, The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians.