Review by Booklist Review
Ages 3-5. Three little white mice camouflage themselves on a white piece of paper as protection from a cat. But after finding some paint, the mice dunk themselves in the red, yellow, and blue pots of color. They revel in their new look, but the fun is just beginning as they start mixing colors and turning green, purple, and orange. Feeling sticky, the trio wash off the paint in the cat's water bowl and decide to paint paper instead--always leaving some white space to hide from the cat. Simple, yet clever, this compact book works on several levels. In addition to the story, learning about mixing colors together to make new ones will be a delightful eye-opener for preschoolers. The collage-style artwork, set against clean expanses of white, is the right size and shape for young eyes. Inventive and fun. --Ilene Cooper
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Mice, a rottweiler, an arachnid and a few other assorted critters make sturdy reappearances in five board book versions of picture books. In Ellen Stoll Walsh's Mouse Paint, ``three white mice on a white piece of paper" enjoy a colorful romp, while in Walsh's Mouse Count a similar gaggle narrowly escapes being served for dinner (Harcourt/Red Wagon, $6 each, 28p, ages 1-3 ISBN 0-15-200265-0; -200266-9 Sept.). Yet another mouse searches the animal kingdom for companionshipand finds an unexpected respondentin Eric Carle's Do You Want to Be My Friend? (HarperFestival, $6.95, 32p, ages 2-6, ISBN 0-694-00709-9 Sept.). The rewards of industriousness are celebrated in a second Carle title, The Very Busy Spider; its embossed web brings a tactile dimension to his familiar collage artwork (Philomel, $9.95, 26p, ages 2-up ISBN 0-399-22919-1 Aug.). Finally, the canine in question is Alexandra Day's beloved Carl, who takes charge of a crew of toddlers in Carl Goes to Day Care (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $5.95, ages 1-3 ISBN 0-374-31145-5 Sept.). (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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Review by Horn Book Review
Three clever white mice outsmart a cat while dabbling in different primary colors (red and yellow make orange, etc.) in 'Paint'; in 'Count', ten clever mice outsmart a hungry snake, who counts from one to ten as he collects the sleeping mice in a jar -- and then back down again as the mice escape. The simple texts and graphics make these two titles ideal as board books. From HORN BOOK 1995, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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