Mouse becomes muse. Late at night when the library is closed, Sam
the mouse, an enthusiastic reader and writer, sneaks out of his
comfy hole to take advantage of the library's resources, leaving
the books he writes behind. One morning, Sam works all night and
falls asleep at a table, waking up just in time to avoid an
elementary-school writing club. In his haste to escape, however, he
leaves behind his notebook. Young Tom discovers it and takes it to
the librarian, who suggests he leave it for Sam to find later. Tom
has another idea, deciding to find Sam. He leaves cheese and a
story he's written called "The Shy One" by Sam's mousehole. In no
time flat, the duo is collaborating, with Sam doing the
illustrations. And Tom's text gives Sam an idea for another book.
Kirk's substantial text suits early grades. While his illustrations
hold little artistic nuance, they do incorporate well-known titles
by other author-illustrator duos, and children will enjoy spotting
such favorites as Goodnight Moon and Miss Nelson Is Back. In all, a
solid nudge to budding writers. (Picture book. 6-9) (Kirkus
Reviews)
A small creature offers his big voice for aspiring authors
everywhereEvery child can be a writer-and Library Mouse shows them
how!Beloved children's books author and illustrator Daniel Kirk
wonderfully brings to life the story of Sam, a library mouse. Sam's
home was in a little hole in the wall in the children's reference
books section, and he thought that life was very good indeed. For
Sam loved to read. He read picture books and chapter books,
biographies and poetry, and ghost stories and mysteries. Sam read
so much that finally one day he decided to write books himself!Sam
shared his books with other library visitors by placing them on a
bookshelf at night. Until there came the time that people wanted to
meet this talented author. Whatever was Sam to do?The joy of
reading, writing, and sharing is brought to life in this
warmhearted tale.F&P level: L F&P genre: F
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