Just a Secret

by Golden Books, Mercer Mayer

Little Critter makes a birthday present for his mother but cannot remember where he hid it.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

24 pages, Paperback

First published December 3, 2001

About the author

In 1942, the launch of Little Golden Books revolutionized children’s book publishing by making high-quality picture books available at affordable prices. More than 60 years later, many of the original Golden Book titles are still wildly popular, with The Poky Little Puppy topping the list of ten bestselling children’s books of all time. Golden Books’ backlist is teeming with classics such as Dorothy Kunhardt’s Pat the Bunny, and features the stories and artwork of children’s book legends Mary Blair, Margaret Wise Brown, Richard Scarry, Eloise Wilkins, Garth Williams, and many more. Today, the Golden Books imprint includes an array of storybooks, novelty books, and coloring and activity books featuring all of the most popular licenses, including Disney, Nickelodeon, Barbie, Thomas & Friends, The Cat in the Hat, Sesame Street, Marvel Super Heroes, and DC Super Friends. Golden Books continues to reissue the best of its backlist in a variety of formats, including ebooks and apps, as well as bringing out brand-new books in these evolving new formats.

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

First sentence: I asked Dad to help me make something. It was special. It was a secret.

Premise/plot: Little Critter has a secret to keep--an actual secret to hide. Can he keep it secret? Can he keep it hidden? Or will he hide it a little too well?

My thoughts: I really enjoyed this one. It was sweet; it was sweeter than I was expecting from Little Critter. Little Critter often makes me laugh..

Text: 4 out of 5
Illustrations: 4 out of 5
Total: 8 out of 10

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Little Critter books sometimes display not so nice tendencies children can act out. This one has one of them. Little Sister blackmails her brother in exchange for keeping his secret safe. It's nice what Sister did in the end, but that didn't make up for her actions. I enjoyed the story overall.

[Reema · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story is about boy who worked hard on making something but he didnt tell anyone what it was not even his friends or his kitten or doggy. He hid it under his bed and his sister found it and he decides to hide it somewhere where no one will find it. When it was time to get the gift even he didnt know where he put it. Then his sister told him it was his sisters room and the secret was his moms present.

Extension- Talk about a secret they can even play hide and seek so they will get the idea of hiding and they cant say where they are and the person who is leader has to find them.

[Katreniah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is one of Huddson's (currently 4 years old) favorite books; we've read it multiple times. One of the things he enjoys doing is trying to find the mouse; however, there are a few pages where the mouse isn't present, which was a little disappointing. Otherwise, it's a sweet Little Creature story.

[Huda Fel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Secrets are hard to keep (;

[Theresa · Rating 3 out of 5]

a great sequence of the series teaching children the importance of keeping a secret and when to tell

[Heather · Rating 3 out of 5]

37 months - O always likes these.