Mouse Paint

( 8 )

Overview

One day three white mice discover three jars of paint—red, blue, and yellow. Both parents and children alike will appreciate this lighthearted presentation of a lesson in color. “Walsh’s cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and just the right simplicity for the storyline. A real charmer that’s great fun as well as informative.”—School Library Journal

Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and ...

See more details below
Paperback
$6.00
BN.com price
Pick Up In Store

Pick Up In Store

Reserve and pick up in 60 minutes at your local store

Other sellers (Paperback)
  • All (45) from $1.99   
  • New (27) from $1.99   
  • Used (18) from $1.99   
Note: Kids' Club Eligible. See More Details.
Sending request ...

More About This Book

Overview

One day three white mice discover three jars of paint—red, blue, and yellow. Both parents and children alike will appreciate this lighthearted presentation of a lesson in color. “Walsh’s cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and just the right simplicity for the storyline. A real charmer that’s great fun as well as informative.”—School Library Journal

Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.

Read More Show Less

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly
A pair of oversize board books introduce classics to youngest booklovers: Let's Go Visiting by Sue Williams, illus. by Julie Vivas ("A cumulative counting tale bursting with frisky baby animals," said PW); and Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh (a PW Best Book of the Year). In the first, the child narrator introduces colors, numbers and animals, while the trio of mice in the second title use red, blue and yellow to demonstrate primary, complimentary and contrasting colors. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.
Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly
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..
Children's Literature - Marilyn Bagel
It's not surprising that this book has won practically every children's book award there is. It's one of the most imaginative presentations ever on the subject of colors. When three white mice discover three jars of paint-one red, one yellow and one blue-each climbs right in. The red mouse finds that if he steps in a yellow puddle and does a little dance, his paint puddle turns orange. And so it goes with the other mice as they create green and purple respectively. But the mice must still return to their original white color so they can hide on white paper where the cat can't find them.
Children's Literature - Susie Wilde
New to board book format, this is a book for young children that tells a simple story of color mixing and camouflage that has subtle concepts underneath. It is an amusing presentation of a lesson about colors that can be shared with children for a number of years. Both parents and children will enjoy the wonderful illustrations. 1995 (orig.
Children's Literature
It is not surprising that this book has won practically every children's book award—it is one of the most imaginative presentations ever on the subject of colors. When three white mice discover three jars of paint—one red, one yellow, and one blue—each climbs right in. The red mouse finds that if he steps in a yellow puddle and does a little dance, his paint puddle turns orange. And so it goes with the other mice as they create green and purple, respectively. But the mice must still return to their original white color so they can hide on white paper where the cat can't find them. This latest edition is a large format board book meant for lap sharing. 2006 (orig. 1989), Harcourt, Ages 2 up.
—Marilyn Bagel
Read More Show Less

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780152001186
  • Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Publication date: 3/28/1995
  • Series: Big Books Series
  • Pages: 32
  • Sales rank: 36,409
  • Age range: 2 - 6 Years
  • Lexile: 250L (what's this?)
  • Product dimensions: 8.64 (w) x 7.16 (h) x 0.11 (d)

Customer Reviews

Average Rating 4
( 8 )
Rating Distribution

5 Star

(3)

4 Star

(4)

3 Star

(0)

2 Star

(1)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Review Guidelines
Add Recommendations
Your Name: Create a Pen Name or

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

  • - HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
  • - Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
  • - Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
  • - Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
  • - Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
  • - Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
  • - Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

  • - By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
  • - Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
  • - See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.
Search for Products You'd Like to Recommend

Recommend other products that relate to your review. Just search for them below and share!

Create a Pen Name

Your Pen Name is your unique identity on BN.com. It will appear on the reviews you write and other website activities. Your Pen Name cannot be edited, changed or deleted once submitted.

 
Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously
Sort by: Showing all of 8 Customer Reviews

  • Posted January 9, 2010

    more from this reviewer

    Fun to read and discuss the pictures

    I have used this book for reading aloud to both groups of preschoolers and snuggle reading to one or two little ones. In both cases the children were fascinated by the story line and the way the pictures relate to it. With the individual child it can easily become a "read it again" book. It is fun to discuss the actions happening in the pictures and reinforce the idea of how colors combine. My 2 year old grandson would get up during the reading and dance with the mice as they mixed the different colors. He calls it the "Mouse Dance" book!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted August 20, 2000

    A Family Favorite!!!

    My children have enjoyed this book for years! The 'board book' style makes it easy for small hands to explore and take everywhere, and even with three kids, it has held up extremely well. The illustrations are very nice and crisp, and the text is educational and funny. I intend to give this book as a baby shower gift since my family has enjoyed it so much. We give it our HIGHEST recommendation!

    1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted January 20, 2011

    I do not recommend ordering this book as a bargain book. Other than that, the book is okay.

    Here is the good and bad about this book. The good: It's a nice book that teaches young children about how when certain are mixed together, it forms a different color all together. The story line is very basic and not really interesting, but the book makes learning color mixing easier based on how the story is laid out. I would recommend this to young school age children learning about mixing colors but not for children younger than that but that's just personal opinion. Now here is the bad. I bought this as a bargain book. bargain books are suppose to be new books that sometimes have a slight remainder mark or stickers showing a discounted price. What I received in the mail was a book that was filthy dirty, pages that turned yellow and a remainder mark created with a thick black marker that is about 5 inches long. This book should of been put in the trash, not sent to a customer. I also had another bargain book in my shipment that was also in bad condtion and I am waiting for the balance of my shipment to come in to see the condition of those bargain books before I return them. I am never ordering bargain books again, it's not worth it the price no matter how low it is!

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted August 18, 2009

    great learning about colors

    My daughter likes this book for is larger size and its easy for her to thumb through.. great with learning the colors too.

    0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted September 3, 2007

    A reviewer

    Colors are taught to kids using mixing by three curious mice. Good for artists-to-be.

    Was this review helpful? Yes  NoThank you for your feedback.   Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.

  • Anonymous

    Posted March 27, 2011

    No text was provided for this review.

  • Anonymous

    Posted May 12, 2010

    No text was provided for this review.

  • Anonymous

    Posted June 1, 2009

    No text was provided for this review.

Sort by: Showing all of 8 Customer Reviews
If you find inappropriate content, please report it to Barnes & Noble
Why is this product inappropriate?
Comments (optional)