If You Give a Mouse an iPhone: A Cautionary Tail

by Ann Droyd

Overview

The perfect gift for parents everywhere, from the New York Times bestselling author of Goodnight iPad. 

The parody of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie that every parent will relate to.

If you give in to temptation and give a bored little mouse your iPhone, even for ten minutes, he’s probably going to beam to some faraway place beyond time, space, and the sound of your pleading voice. And if he’s that far gone, he won’t have any idea what’s going on around him, and he might end up missing out on all the real fun.

From the New York Times-bestselling author of Goodnight iPad comes a delightful new commentary on the perils of our tech-obsessed lives and a fully charged romp for readers of all ages.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780698179530
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/21/2014
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	40
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

ANN DROYD is the author of Goodnight iPad, and is also the pseudonym for David Milgrim, an IRA/CBC Children’s Choice winner and an ALA/Geisel Award honoree who has written and illustrated more than twenty-five picture books for young readers, as well as Siri & Me. Milgrim, who studied graphic design at Parsons, lives with his family in Massachusetts.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

Praise for If You Give a Mouse an iPhone:

“In this tech-savvy parody of the contemporary classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, a hyperactive pet mouse named Applesauce goes off the deep end (literally) while mesmerized with his boy's iPhone.” — Kirkus Reviews

Editorial Reviews

Praise for If You Give a Mouse an iPhone:

“In this tech-savvy parody of the contemporary classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, a hyperactive pet mouse named Applesauce goes off the deep end (literally) while mesmerized with his boy's iPhone.” — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

01/01/2015
Gr 1–2—The second "plugged-in parody" imitates the look and pattern of Laura Numeroff's popular cumulative mouse tale with the substitution of an iPhone for a cookie, as chatty Applesauce receives time from a young friend on a mobile smart device and subsequently gives it his sole attention. Single dimension, cartooned images with bold colors feature the mouse—"He won't hear a word you say," "won't have the slightest idea what's happening"—as he walks along, oblivious to surroundings or life-threatening dangers. Falling from a roller coaster, freeing all creatures at a wild animal amusement park, falling from a cliff into the ocean, or riding a dolphin to a remote island, Applesauce remains absorbed with the phone and tap-tapping away, ignoring his friend until the battery…runs…out. Speech bubbles continue a mostly one-sided conversation between the mouse and his remarkably calm friend. References to Minecraft, screen time, outlets, and chargers might take the vocabulary above its intended audience, but the dangers of Applesauce's tech-obsession are visually clear. Worth a discussion for any age, this offering is a suitable general purchase for all libraries.—Mary Elam, Learning Media Services, Plano ISD, TX

School Library Journal

2014-07-29
In this tech-savvy parody of the contemporary classic If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, a hyperactive pet mouse named Applesauce goes off the deep end (literally) while mesmerized with his boy's iPhone. Like many a harried caregiver, the boy—who's finalizing preparations for a special outing to the "wild animal amusement park" with Applesauce—gives the persistently pesky mouse his iPhone as a diversion. Big mistake! Applesauce's glassy-eyed absorption with the device results in utter mayhem. Oblivious to the roller coaster, tempting junk food and exotic animals at the amusement park, the tap-tap-tapping mouse inadvertently frees the animals from their cages and walks off a cliff. Hitching a ride with some conveniently passing porpoises, he winds up on a "distant island." The boy arrives to rescue Applesauce, and the pair camp overnight. With no outlets or charger for the dead phone, Applesauce undergoes brief but dramatic withdrawal symptoms, which end with a marshmallow roast. "Ann Droyd"—aka David Milgrim—adopts the original text's conditional, "if / then" formula but doesn't attempt its exquisitely circular structure. Cartoony illustrations employ flat blues, grays and greens contoured in black, with word bubbles for dialogue. As Applesauce and his boy stargaze, the mouse asks, "By the way, how'd we get here?" Mildly amusing, but something of a one-trick pony. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews