Tag Archives: Hamsters

The Cricket in Times Square (Chester Cricket and His Friends)

Rating: (128 reviews)
Author: George Selden
Publisher: Square Fish

Product Description
Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he’d seen it all. But he’s never met a cricket before, which really isn’t surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never [...]

Christmas Catastrophe (Geronimo Stilton)

Rating: (6 reviews)
Author: Geronimo Stilton
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Product Description Geronimo Stilton, adventuremouse? Not me! But surely a little skiing couldn’t hurt a rodent, right? Wrong. Moldy mozzarella! When my ski trip landed me in the hospital, I was sure it was going to be the worst Christmas ever! But my family and friends had something [...]

Mary Engelbreit’s A Merry Little Christmas: Celebrate from A to Z

Rating: (3 reviews)
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Publisher: HarperCollins

Book Description
In a tiny little village blanketed with snow, Gregory Mouse is ready to ring in the holidays! This adorable fellow, whom readers may recognize from Mary Engelbreit’s The Night Before Christmas, shares Christmas carols, sleigh rides, and gingerbread houses with his family and all the friends they’ve made in their [...]

Mouse Paint

Rating: (27 reviews)
Author: Ellen Stoll Walsh
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.

Book Description
One day three white mice discover three jars of paint–red, blue, and yellow. Both parents and children alike will appreciate this lighthearted presentation of a lesson in color. “Walsh’s cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and just the right simplicity for the storyline. A real charmer [...]

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh (Aladdin Fantasy)

Rating: (314 reviews)
Author: Robert C. O’Brien
Publisher: Aladdin
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There’s something very strange about the rats living under the rosebush at the Fitzgibbon farm. But Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with a sick child, is in dire straits and must turn to these exceptional creatures for assistance. Soon she finds herself flying on the back of a [...]

Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse

Rating: (52 reviews)
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Publisher: Greenwillow
Product Description
Lilly, the star of Chester’s Way and Julius, the Baby of the World, is back. This time she has her name in the title which is something she’s wanted all along. If you thought Lilly was funny before, you are in for a treat. Lilly can’t wait for you to [...]

Mouse’s First Christmas

Rating: (8 reviews)
Author: Lauren Thompson
Publisher: Aladdin

Book Description
Late one winter night, Mouse discovers new sights, smells, and tastes: sweet and sparkly cookies, jingly and glinty bells, and lots of boxy and ribbony presents. Mouse doesn’t know what any of it means, until a whiskery and jolly guest arrives with a very special holiday message.

Mouse Island Marathon (Geronimo Stilton)

Rating: (2 reviews)
Author: Geronimo Stilton
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks

Book Description
I admit it. I’m not much of a muscle mouse. So when I accidentally got signed up for the Mouse Island Marathon, I was so shocked that I lost my squeak! Me, run a marathon? But my friends and family were determined to help me cross that [...]

Maisy’s Favorite Animals (Maisy)

Rating: (5 reviews)
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Publisher: Candlewick

Book Description
Preschoolers’ favorite books are Maisy books!
These tiny board books feature all the things that Maisy—and every preschooler—loves best. Toys, clothes, animals, and more—Maisy’s world is a delightful place indeed, and everything that makes it special is all right here in a size just right for tiny hands.

The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear

Rating: (87 reviews)
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Publisher: Child’s Play International

Book Description
A rhyming story of opposites that uses animal charactistics to help us explore ourselves and our feelings.

Miss Suzy

Rating: (95 reviews)
Author: Miriam Young
Publisher: Purple House Press

Book Description
Miss Suzy is a little gray squirrel who lives happily in her oak-tree home until she is chased away by some mean red squirrels. Poor Miss Suzy is very sad. But soon she finds a beautiful dollhouse and meets a band of brave toy soldiers.
How Miss [...]

Mouse Soup

Rating: (12 reviews)
Author: Arnold Lobel
Publisher: HarperTrophy

Book Description
Mouse is in a
jam — soon he’ll
be weasel soup!
Weasel is ready for his dinner. And poor mouse is it. Just in time, he thinks up a clever and entertaining way to distract weasel from serving up mouse soup for supper.

The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread

Rating: (332 reviews)
Author: Kate Dicamillo
Publisher: Candlewick
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Kate DiCamillo, author of the Newbery Honor book Because of Winn-Dixie, spins a tidy tale of mice and men where she explores the “powerful, wonderful, and ridiculous” nature of love, hope, and forgiveness. Her old-fashioned, somewhat dark story, narrated “Dear Reader”-style, begins “within the walls of a castle, with [...]

Cookie Count: A Tasty Pop-up

Rating: (21 reviews)
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Publisher: Little Simon
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Yum! This delicious counting book offers much more than the numbers one to ten. Each page is a feast of sweet, sugary treats–coconut kisses, peanut-butter cookies, Linzer hearts, and more are carefully concocted and counted by mouse chefs. The tempting desserts are made all the more delectable by Robert Sabuda’s [...]

If You Give a Moose a Muffin (If You Give…)

Rating: (38 reviews)
Author: Laura Numeroff
Publisher: Laura Geringer
Product Description
If a big hungry moose comes to visit, you might give him a muffin to make him feel at home. If you give him a muffin, he’ll want some jam to go with it. When he’s eaten all your muffins, he’ll want to go to the store [...]

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (If You Give…)

Rating: (111 reviews)
Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Publisher: Laura Geringer
Product Description
This is a best selling book by Felicia Bond and Laura Numeroff. This is the story of the consequences of giving a cookie to an energetic mouse that runs the host ragged, but young readers will come away smiling at the antics that tumble like dominoes [...]