Twaddleton's Cheese

by Ryan T. Higgins

Things turn sour when the town of Twaddleton becomes obsessed with the cheese making business. Up to their noses in fermenting curd, the Twaddletoneez have to find some way to get rid of their overly abundant dairy product before it stinks out the town. So, the town cobbles together a great catapult for tossing a giant cheese wad out of Twaddleton, thus getting rid of their cheese problem. When the cheese wad finally comes crashing down many miles away, four innocent field mice mistake it for the moon and quickly get to work trying to put it back in the sky. Mayhem ensues...

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

26 pages, Hardcover

First published November 13, 2008

Reviews

[Deb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought this book was going to be about a mouse named Twaddleton and its cheese. It's not. It's about an excessive amount of cheese made in a town called Twaddleton and the mice who think the moon has fallen.

This is a funny book. It has fun illustrations. I had no trouble with the rhymes and I'm rhyme sensitive. I enjoyed reading it to Alena very much. I like Ryan T. Higgins' work.

[wildct2003 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun story with rhymes.

[Sarah Brooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a children’s books so it is unrealistic but it was cute none the less.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have so many thoughts.
It cracks me up how creepy the illustrative are compared to where these mice end up.
This would pair well with the stinky cheese man.

The rhyming was fun, but the rhyming pattern changed and so did the number of syllables, which made it a little choppy to read.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

An entertaining, fun twist on the "man-in-the-moon" and the moon being made of cheese.
Higgins' rough-edges lines work well with the rough-edged humor, and the discombobulated town residents. The darker colors help us feel their hopelessness.
Some of the rhyming text is a mouthful, almost tongue-twisters that are more easily pronounced after some practice. Inconsistent rhyming format: some quartets are short, some are long.: some rhyming sections are ABAB, others AABBCC; which affects the rhythm when reading aloud.
I wonder which youngsters will know what a clothespin is.

[Lynn Plourde · Rating 3 out of 5]

Higgins' illustrations are the strength on this cute, rhyming story about a town that knew money didn't grow on trees--but maybe CHEESE did?! So they make cheese, lots of it, but it grows moldy. So then they launch it far away where some mice happen to live. The story takes a few silly twists and turns, but all's well in the end.

[Addy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun book to read it is kid friendly and the best part is that I got to meet the Author.