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It's Valentine's Day and Mister Mouse goes from house to house delivering Valentine gifts. From one little frog to ten little mice, Mister Mouse brightens everyone's day with two knocks on the door and a greeting of "Happy Valentine's!" Jeanne Modesitt's adorable counting book in rhyme is lovingly illustrated by Robin Spowart. The book also features simple, step-by-step instructions for making a Valentine's Day heart.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-In this rhyming counting book, Mister Mouse goes house to house distributing valentines to his animal friends. Almost a replica of their Little Bunny's Easter Surprise (S & S, 1999), 1 2 3 has the same characters rendered in the same style-colored-pencil artwork on illustration board-and format, down to the craft instructions on its final pages. Unfortunately, the author and illustrator have overlooked the abilities and needs of preschoolers. The characters to be counted, "whom you couldn't tell apart," as the text jovially points out, are indeed overlapping mirror images; it would take an exceptional preschooler to discern and enumerate them. Numbers refer to Mister Mouse's valentine recipients but the illustrations direct readers' attention toward the gifts and away from the numbers. The rhymes themselves are graceless and contrived. This sweet idea is diluted by a weak execution.-Liza Graybill, Worcester Public Library, MA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
The team behind Little Bunny's Easter Surprise join up for another holiday outing, 1, 2, 3, Valentine's Day by Jeanne Modesitt, illus. by Robin Spowart. The counting book follows Mister Mouse as he delivers gifts door to door ("Three big badgers, whistling a tune,/ Open the door and get a balloon). Each house has one more inhabitant than the last. (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
A dapper, red-tuxedoed Mister Mouse with the big red box / Goes up to the door and gives two knocks. At each new door he gives a Valentine's Day treat to the increasing number of animals who live at each house, and a new, numbered red heart appears at the bottom of the page, ending at ten with his own mouselings. Spowart's illustrations are soft, yet bright and warm. Instructions for making a paper heart are included. From HORN BOOK Spring 2003, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Frequent collaborators Modesitt and Spowart (Little Bunny's Easter Surprise, 1999, etc.) team up for another holiday offering. In this counting book, Mister Mouse goes door to door delivering Valentine's Day gifts to friends. The action unfolds in rhyme: "Mister Mouse with a big red box / Goes up to the door and gives two knocks. / One little frog with a pink bow tie / Opens the door and gets a pink pie." As he makes the rounds, Mister Mouse encounters an ever-increasing number of gift recipients, from "two round pigs" to "nine brown bunnies." Spowart's illustrations, which look like colored pencils on paper, are cheerful and bright and she anthropomorphizes the creatures in a cartoon-like way. The animals are clearly arranged so they're easy to count; numbered red hearts appear opposite for emphasis. Modesitt's generous mouse saves the best for last: he goes home to give gifts to his "ten little mice." While the rhyme scheme quickly wears thin, teachers who celebrate Valentine's Day in their classrooms may have fun offering this as a treat to their students. Back matter teaches how to make a hanging Valentine's Day heart. (Picture book. 3-7)
Booklist Review
PesS^-Gr. 1. A charming celebration of a favorite holiday and sweetly soft illustrations are combined in this introduction to counting from one through ten. The fun of spreading love on Valentine's Day is described in simple verse as a mouse, nattily dressed in a dark pink suit with a salmon-colored vest and red tie, visits all his friends to present them with gifts; he visits one little frog, two round pigs, three big badgers, and so on. Each successive visit is marked by a number at the bottom of the page with a corresponding number of red hearts, which will help young children translate the meaning of the text into numerical terms. The last visit is particularly heartwarming; Mister Mouse visits "TEN little mice, so happy and glad, / Open the door and get toys from Dad." The subsequent spread, which has no text, shows the happy mouse family playing at home. Spowart's familiar, soft-focus, pastel-colored illustrations convey the sweet story with warmth and charm. Instructions for making cut-paper heart valentines are included. --Diane Foote