Mouse Loves Love: Ready-to-Read Pre-Level 1

Mouse readers

by Lauren Thompson, Buket Erdogan (Illustrations)

It’s always a beautiful day when Mouse and Minka come to play! Minka loves Mouse and shows it in this charming Pre-Level 1 Ready-to-Read book about siblings!

Mouse spies his sister Minka acting very mysterious. She’s collecting shiny red paper, paste, and pink ribbons. What is she doing? She’s making a valentine for Mouse, of course!

Young readers are sure to enjoy Lauren Thompson’s simple, energetic text and Buket Erdogan’s sweet, playful illustrations as they learn to recognize words and begin to read on their very own!

Genres: Picture Books, Holiday, Childrens, Love

32 pages, Paperback

Published December 11, 2018

Reviews

[Heidi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mouse follows his sister, Minka, around as she gathers supplies and begins to make something. But what could it be? Any youngster familiar with Valentine's Day will figure this out really quickly, but it's still fun to guess what the different items Minka finds are and how she uses them to create the valentine. This early reader is perfect for young readers who like holiday stories that they can read and figure out themselves. The illustrations are darling and support the story well, especially when the text asks questions that can be answered from the pictures. This allows beginning readers to develop visual as well as textual literacy skills.

[Norkett · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was interactive with all its question and repetitive at times yet a sweet ending.

[Danette · Rating 3 out of 5]

10/17/19 Read with Julia

[Kathleen Meacham · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sweet!

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mouse sees sister Minka is collecting supplies and making something! What can it be? Can you figure it out? A simple and sweet little mystery for beginning readers.

[Christine Grant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Valentine's Day Storytime.

[Lorellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's fine, but Tot doesn't really understand the concept of making a valentine from scratch and the art lacks the charm of other early reader books.

[R. · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a very simple story about a mouse searching for materials to make a valentine for little mouse who is watching all along the way. Not sure why they call it "paste" instead of just "glue" either, but it does the job. Not one for the favorite list, but it's a simple valentine's story for an early reader.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars for this picture book turned emergent reader