Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears

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Spiders: Little Mouse is afraid of them (arachnophobia).

Shadows: Little Mouse is afraid of those (sciaphobia).

In fact, Little Mouse is afraid of everything. Join her as she faces her fears and records them in her journal - and discovers that even the biggest people are afraid of some things.

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ISBN-13:	9781416959304
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Publication date:	09/09/2008
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.90(w) x 11.50(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Matilda’s Cat, Again!, Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail, Tidy, and Old Hat. Her first book, Wolves, was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. Her second book, Orange Pear Apple Bear, was a Quills Award finalist, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Emily lives in Brighton, England, with her partner, their daughter, and the family dog. Visit her at EmilyGravett.com.

Emily Gravett is the author and illustrator of many children’s books, including Matilda’s Cat, Again!, Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears (winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal), Meerkat Mail, Tidy, and Old Hat. Her first book, Wolves, was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor Award for Illustration. Her second book, Orange Pear Apple Bear, was a Quills Award finalist, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, and on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Medal. Emily lives in Brighton, England, with her partner, their daughter, and the family dog. Visit her at EmilyGravett.com.

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Editorial Reviews

* "Whether or not they choose to face their own fears, kids will feel that a chord has been struck—and they'll savor spicing up their budding vocabularies."

starred review Publishers Weekly

* "Timorous Mouse doesn't vanquish the worries but does weather the dangers, revealing a tiny final smile at an unexpected turnabout."

starred review Kirkus Reviews

"[A] new twist on the genre...The reveal at he end will provide a welcome relief and spontaneous laughter."

Bookpage

* "Through one-on-one sharing or personal perusal, readers will clamor to relive this small hero's adventures."

starred review School Library Journal

"This clever book will engage and amuse kids and their grownups—though perhaps not the faint of heart."

Horn Book

"Encouraging children to face their anxieties can be a fearsome endeavor; this may be just the ticket."

Booklist

…the visuals are endlessly startling and fascinating. I keep running my hands along this book's pages, trying to find the boundaries of what Gravett has devised. The pamphlet folds out, but the feathers merely look real; only when you turn the page do you realize that the figure of the dog, composed from torn photographs of dogs and cats, fits into the shadow of the mouse on the next page. The book's message—that everyone is afraid of something—almost gets lost in the shuffle, but Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears still does a splendid job of re-enacting phobia: it's hard to look away.
—The New York Times

Daniel Handler

Neither condescending nor frightening nor falsely comforting, this gentle book approaches a serious subject with humor and compassion.
—The Washington Post

Kristi Jemtegaard

Under the guise of a self-help book whose instructions are obediently followed by a mouse taking notes on the pages, Gravett takes readers on an intense exploration of fear. Each page features one phobia. Carrying a full-sized (not mouse-sized) pencil, Little Mouse confronts various angsts (clinophobia, fear of going to bed; ablutophobia, fear of bathing), some tweaked for mouse-relevance (aichmophobia becomes fear of knives, as a circus is cancelled due to an unfortunate incident with a farmer's wife). Most existential are whereamiophobia (fear of getting lost) and isolophobia (fear of solitude and, here, fear of the darkness of a solid-black page). Creative multimedia artwork with a frenetic vibe includes collage, foldouts (maps, newspapers), cutouts (nibbled page corners abound) and expressive and aptly wild pencil strokes. Myriad details-such as a receipt on the back cover listing the book's condition as "Poor, scribbled in, rodent damage"-reinforce the setup. Timorous Mouse doesn't vanquish the worries but does weather the dangers, revealing a tiny final smile at an unexpected turnabout. (Picture book. 3-7)

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