Toby!

Toby!

by Cyndy Szekeres

Toby is an energetic, three-and-a-half-year-old mouse in a big world. He is loving, friendly, curious and full of giggles. Just like the young readers this book is aimed at. Parents will recognise their own child in Toby's charming antics and children will laugh at his adventures whilst learning about everyday things with him. Meet this very special mouse in our first story, Toby! In Toby's Alphabet Walk, he learns his letters with a basketful of outdoor objects. And in Toby's Rainbow Clothes, he learns about colours and puts together his very own dazzling, unique outfit. The bright, colourful illustrations coupled with the antics of this very special mouse, make storytime (and learning), fun!

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Cyndy Szekeres (pronounced "zeck-er-es") is the daughter of a toolmaker, Stephen Szekeres, and his wife Anna Ceplousky Szekeres. In 1954, Szekeres earned a certificate from the Pratt Institute in New York. Szekeres has illustrated over 40 children's books, and is best known for her animal characters. She has also written or compiled and self-illustrated 67 titles. Szekeres won the AIGA Award for her work on Moon Mouse (1969). Szekeres currently lives on a farm in Vermont.

Reviews

[Lu · Rating 2 out of 5]

Automatically - I LOVE the illustrations. The mouse is cute. His bed of a sardine can and pencils - super cute. The matchstick and bottle top chair.

The story is okay. Basically - I'm bored - here's something to do - I'm tired. zzz.

I just like this book for the illustrations not the story.

[Gavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gavin loves reading Toby books. From an adult perspective, the story for this one is not all that riveting (Toby gets bored and ultimately comes up with something to do), but the illustrations are darling. I think Gavin likes looking at the colorful pictures.