Mouse Is Small

by Mary Murphy (artist)

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Genres: Picture Books, Animals, Storytime, Childrens, Juvenile, Humor

16 pages, Board book

Published September 1, 2013

About the author

Children's author and illustrator Mary Murphy enchants even the youngest of readers with her bold style, combining eye-catching graphics and a bouncy text that seemingly jump off the pages.

Mary Murphy has an advanced diploma in Visual Communications and has written and illustrated a number of children's books, including her lift-the-flap, pull-the-tab book about friendship, ROXIE AND BO TOGETHER. In addition to creating children's books, she teaches illustration. The author-illustrator lives in Galway, Ireland.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sometimes board books are little packages of sunshine that brighten your day. This one made me laugh!

[Cindy Mitchell *Kiss the Book* · Rating 4 out of 5]

Murphy, Mary. Mouse is Small. Candlewick Press, 2017. $7.99. Content: G. BOARD BOOK.
A charming little board book with just a few words on each page and a hilarious ending that will make little children laugh. Mouse is small and turtle is bigger, pelican and zebra are even bigger, and elephant is biggest of all. Spider may be the smallest but it’s also the scariest.

Children will be drawn into the different shaped pages and peekaboo hole for spider. The illustrations are quite simple, but very recognizable, with solid color backgrounds. Little hands will be eager to read over and over again.
Pre-K - ADVISABLE. Samantha Hastings, MA, MLS.
https://kissthebook.blogspot.com/2017...

[Dierdre · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another charmer from Mary Murphy about sizes and surprises. I use many of her books for storytime and this is will not be an exception. The only drawback for using it in storytime is the size, as I would prefer something a bit larger for group settings. It is wonderful for one on one readings. Young children will be attracted to the bright colors and the different sized pages.

[Little · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book that elicits some gurgles and smiles from the baby. I like that the animals in the book are not your typical barn animals, and that babies are introduced to other creatures like pelicans and zebras. Our baby is only a few months, so the ending with the spider does not yet make sense to him.

[Mary Peble · Rating 5 out of 5]

One great thing about this book is that the pages are curved and staggered in length, which makes it easier for the child to grasp the edge of the page and turn it. My one-year-old also enjoyed the tiny hole on the last page that shows the spider.

[Kristina · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for talking about comparing size between two objects. The children start to try to compare to objects in the classroom and connect those objects back to the book. Our older child can talk about how big they think the elephant is and how small the mouse is.

[Viviane Elbee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable book that has readers comparing and contrasting sizes. Mouse is small, but a lot of animals are bigger (pelican, zebra, elephant...) but is there an animal even smaller than mouse?
This is a great (and funny!) book for young toddlers and babies.

[MaryLibrarianOH · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple board book that teaches about different sizes and perspective.

[Audrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mouse is small and tortoise is big. Spider is the smallest but makes the biggest impact. Very charming with a cute surprise ending.

[Dana · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cut out book that teaches size relativity and superlatives.

[Courtney Stofko · Rating 3 out of 5]

The ending is so abrupt and disappointing :-(

[Miss Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Animals of ascending size talk about how they are bigger but is bigger better. Cute and simple with a silly twist ending. Toddler and up

[Willow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny little book! 😄

[SBC · Rating 3 out of 5]

My toddler really enjoyed this little book with its easy-to-turn page flaps of increasing sizes and a little finger hole for the spider. It was a nice wee plot, too. We both enjoyed it.

[Rebecca Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a sweet little story for toddlers with interesting layered pages and a cute little joke at the end!

[Suzanne Lorraine Kunz Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such fun interactive book when it come to naming animals and colors and learning about sizes

[Jenna Mills · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is great! So simple and effective. Baby loves turning the pages.

[Shannonmde]

Toddler giggles!!