Charlie & Mouse Are Magic: Book 6

Charlie & Mouse #6

by Laurel Snyder, Emily Hughes (Illustrator)

Charlie and Mouse are stirring up some magic!
The two brothers are mixing up a magical potion—with sweet and surprising results. In Charlie & Mouse Are Magic the brothers also dance in the rain, bring some animals to dinner, and make wishes come true!

Genres: Picture Books, Humor, Family, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Fiction, Magic

46 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 30, 2022

About the author

Laurel Snyder is the author of six children's novels, "Orphan Island," "Seven Stories Up," "Bigger than a Bread Box," "Penny Dreadful," "Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains OR The Search for a Suitable Princess" and "Any Which Wall" (Random House) as well as many picture books, including "Charlie & Mouse," "The Forever Garden," "Swan, the life and dance of Anna Pavlova," and "Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher."

A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and a former Michener Fellow, she also writes books for grownups, and is the author of a book of poems, "The Myth of the Simple Machines" (No Tell Books) and a chapbook, "Daphne & Jim: a choose-your-own-adventure biography in verse (Burnside Review Press) and the editor of an anthology, "Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes" (Soft Skull Press).

Though Baltimore will always be her home, she now lives happily in Atlanta.

Reviews

[Christine Joy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute! Silly little children. I loved the art

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

We love Charlie and Mouse! They perfectly capture and mundane and funny parts of childhood.

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

First sentence: Mom was in the kitchen. Mouse was in the kitchen, too. "Mouse!" said Mom. "You are making a mess." "Mom!" said Mouse. "You are making a mess." "I am not just making a mess," said Mom. "I am making dinner." "Well," said Mouse, "I am not just making a mess either. I am making a potion. It is a magic potion."

Charlie and Mouse are back again in Charlie and Mouse are Magic. There are four stories in this early reader/early chapter book: "Magic," "Invisible," "Animals," and "More Magic."

I love how all the stories flow into one another. I love how the narrative is relatable both to children AND to adults. I love that the whole story seems to read on two levels.

I love, love, love, love, love, love, love, crazy love, love, love the Charlie and Mouse stories by Laurel Snyder. These characters are among my favorite and best characters ever. Highly recommended.

Just to note--for better or worse--to the delight of giggly children, perhaps--the kids do get nude in some scenes (as they are playing outside when they think they are invisible...and when they are drying from the subsequent bath.)

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mouse is making a magic potion and won't clear out of the way for Mom making dinner. But when his magic potion works and he gets his wish he goes outside with Charlie. The two boys are convinced they are invisible and get up to antics thinking no one can see them, then they clean up and bring a whole crowd of animals to dinner. After dinner they introduce Dad to the magic potion and make more wishes, but it only seems to work for one of them.

I have mixed feelings about this one. I felt like Mouse was a little sassy with his mother in the first chapter, but the way she acts later makes me think I read it wrong and she was already grumpy. The boys get a little risqué when they think no one can see them and they decide to run around naked in the rain (only bare butts shown on page). The ending redeemed the book for me and made me laugh. The boys take themselves off to bed making it quiet, and Dad says, "I got my wish!"

[Roben · Rating 4 out of 5]

Charlie and Mouse are back! In this installment, Mouse makes a magic potion that he believes will - with just a small drop on the nose - grant a wish! And it works! Mouse's cookie wish is granted. As usual, Charlie and Mouse create a small amount of mischief. But baths and pot pie for dinner help.

A fine series of first chapter books, I always enjoy Charlie & Mouse's adventures. They portray a slice of realistic life with humor and fun. Just have materials on hand to create your own magic potion. And some cookies - just in case!

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This whole series is just a gentle early reader experience. This one especially gave me Bluey vibes, but the whole series does a nice job at balancing the imaginative experiences of the kids with the parenting perspective of the adults.

In this story we have some magic afoot, including some potion-making and some invisibility. Somehow the most ordinary moments are made lovely.

[Alice · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars for this entry in the series.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute sibling stories that are sure to delight.

[Lynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mouse invents a potion that grants wishes - at least that is what he think it does. More charming fun with Charlie and Mouse

[Nina · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought this book was very cute and entertaining. I like the three different stories told in the book all being connected but different.