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El Ratoncito, La Fresa Roja y Madura, y El Gran Oso Hambriento
by
Audrey Wood,
Don Wood
The little mouse likes strawberries...but so does the big hungry bear! Readers will be eager to see what happens when the little mouse and the big bear want the same red, ripe strawberry. This beautifully illustrated tale depicts the art of compromise.
Paperback, 32 pages
Published
January 28th 1997
by Child's Play International
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Okay. WHY is this book so gosh-darn-cute!? It is SO simple. But there is something undeniably charming about Wood & Wood--the story just zips along, goes SO perfectly with the illustrations--it is a great read-aloud as the narrator is always talking directly to the little mouse.
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This is a very cute little book. Vivid illustrations, simple but fun storyline. It is the only book that my nine-month-old and two-year-old both really love right now. My older child can recite the whole thing and my younger child finds the "BOOM BOOM BOOM" part to be hilarious. I think that they would both give it five stars!
Although I have enjoyed reading it, I would have to give it a lesser rating, and here's why. At an age when she is learning the nuances of seemingly eve...more
Although I have enjoyed reading it, I would have to give it a lesser rating, and here's why. At an age when she is learning the nuances of seemingly eve...more
This is the first book I ever really loved and read it (or well, had my mom read it to me) over 100 times. I still know the words to this book by heart ("hello little mouse what are you doing?").
I really enjoy this book it was one of my favorites as a child. I really like how the book is as if we are talking to the mouse and he responds to what we are saying. The pictures in here are great and go along perfectly with the story. The book also has some twisted story about sharing even though the author waited the entire book to suggest sharing the strawberry. I think students will really enjoy this book and think it is silly. It also has good conversation starters like asking what their f...more
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear is a wonderful book. The text is written in such a way where the reader, or narrator, is actually the propeller of the story. The involvement of the reader encourages each page turn and affects the story as it happens making it appear almost as if the story is being written right in front of your eyes. The suggestion of the 'big hungry bear' builds the suspense as each attempt to hide the strawberry fails until we reach the story...more
My children would give this book 10 stars if they could.
I read this for literacy class and fell in love with the little mouse: I wanted to take him home. I must admit I have a weakness for children's books and I was also predisposed to like this one because one of my favorite books growing up was also written by Don and Audrey Wood (King Bidgood's in the Bathtub); however, I still believe it is a genuinely cute book for children and adults. A fellow reader commented on how the story requires the reader to be a devil's advocate which is a different an...more
The little mouse harvests a luscious strawberry and is tricked into sharing half with the seemingly solicitous observer who warns of a strawberry-loving bear who will come to steal it if it is not devoured on the spot.
My two year old just declared this to be his favorite book. The illustrations are engaging and detailed. The mouse's pleasure and pride are utterly adorable. My older son never got the joke behind the book, and my toddler is always asking "where is the bear?"...more
My two year old just declared this to be his favorite book. The illustrations are engaging and detailed. The mouse's pleasure and pride are utterly adorable. My older son never got the joke behind the book, and my toddler is always asking "where is the bear?"...more
"Ohhh, how that Bear loves red, ripe strawberries!"
The little mouse will do anything to save his strawberry from the big, hungry bear. The bear holds all the cards, but who is playing the fox's role?
This is one of my top ten favorite picture books of all time. There are those who say that picture book authors have it easy. After all, they say, anyone can write a few lines for kids. Not so. This picture book is carefull...more
Disturbingly good, if I remember correctly. Kind of dark. With glossy, deeply-pigmented pictures. I have fond memories of reading and re-reading this, mostly for the sake of the pretty pretty pictures. (I think there was a kind of Stranger-Than-Fiction-esque narrator who the protagonist hears, and that part was also kind of amusing but also kind of frustrating because I so wanted the little mouse to be able to enjoy his bloodred berry in peace and that derned narrator kept messing things up...)
One of my favorite board books. It's really for a little older reader, but it does a great job "breaking the fourth wall" by having the narrator speaking to the character of the book as if s/he is also the person reading the book. A really unique version of second person narration. It also uses a great sense of humor and tells the story of a narrator conning an unspecting mouse out of half of its strawberry by playing on fears of a "big hungry bear" that's never even seen ...more
This is about a little mouse who is trying to save the red ripe strawberry from the big hungry bear. He tries plucking it, hiding it, and disguising it, but there's nothing he can do but eat it!
This is a call and answer book with the narrator and the illustrator. The narrations give a suggestion or point something out and the illustrations with the mouse respond to it.
This would be a good read aloud book for k-2. This would be a good book for early readers.
This is a call and answer book with the narrator and the illustrator. The narrations give a suggestion or point something out and the illustrations with the mouse respond to it.
This would be a good read aloud book for k-2. This would be a good book for early readers.
Cutest little mouse tries to hide the red ripe strawberry from the BIG hungry bear who loves red strawberries and smells the ones that has juust been picked up like a mile away and knows absolutely all the tricks little mouse would use to hide the red strawberry unless little mouse shares half of it with....???
I have never seen such a children's book before, the way the mysterious narrator speaks to the charmingly illustrated little mouse is just so creative.
I have never seen such a children's book before, the way the mysterious narrator speaks to the charmingly illustrated little mouse is just so creative.
This book is written differently because it has a narrarator talking tithe mouse and the mouse interacting with the narrator. This book would be really good for drawing conclusions because the mouse dosent say anything. So the students will have to draw conclusions of what the mouse is feeling according to the pictures and what the narrator says. The pictures are really good too because the Mouses emotions are very prevalent.
This book by Audrey and Don Wood was always my favorite as a child. The changing perspective, full bleed, realistic pictures, and endearing characters are perfect for any child just learning to read. I still have the story memorized the way my mom used to read it to me, and it was the first book I ever read on my own (or should I say, memorized). Nevertheless, I would recommend this book to anyone, child or not.
This is a charming book about a mouse who fears a bear will come after the strawberry he just picked. We follow the mouse as he tries to hide his precious treasure from the potential danger of a hungry bear. What makes this book so special is the use of situational humor, aided especially by the wonderful illustrations. This book is enjoyable for young children and the parents who have to read to them.
I've read this book more than once to my little sister and she loves it. I have to admit that I quite liked it too. I remember, always feeling really tense near the end where the narrator is describing to the little mouse that the big hungry bear will get the red ripe strawberry, no matter what he did with it; and I also remember breathing a huge sigh of relief when they ate the strawberry up.
Don and Audrey Woods wrote one of my favorite children books, The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear. It is a suspenseful story of the Little Mouse keeping his fruit away from the Big Hungry Bear. The large, bright illustrations done by Don Wood make this book complete. The detail in the illustrations that show the Little Mouses facial expressions are brilliant.
This book is a great book to read when teaching children how we understand what a book is about. Have a discussion on how important is to look at the title, cover, pictures within the book, and the words within the book. Make sure to incorporate a picture walk before actually reading the book. Children will begin to realize how important it is to look at all the elements discussed previously.
The pictures are kind of cute, but a story that promotes extortion I just can't support.
The narrator builds up a "fictional" bear that is going to steal this mouse's strawberry. At the end, in order to keep the "bear" from stealing the strawberry, the unseen narrator urges the mouse to split the strawberry in half and give half to him and to keep the other half.
The narrator builds up a "fictional" bear that is going to steal this mouse's strawberry. At the end, in order to keep the "bear" from stealing the strawberry, the unseen narrator urges the mouse to split the strawberry in half and give half to him and to keep the other half.
This was my oldest daughters's favorite book. It was the first book she learned to "read". I put quotes because I was convinced that she could read before she was two then I realized that she actually had memorized the book since I had read it to her so very many times. It is the first book she bought before her son was born. Hope she enjoys reading it as much as I did.
Publisher: Child's Play (International), p1984, c1984
ISBN-13: 978-0-85953-012-5
Genre: Fiction, Picture Book
Interest Level: K-3
Reading Level: 1.5
Illustrations: Wood, Don.
Mouse worries that the big, hungry bear will take his freshly picked, ripe, red strawberry for himself. Illustrations are brilliant.
Teaching reminders: Different perspective of narrator.
Don't forget schnozz picture!!
ISBN-13: 978-0-85953-012-5
Genre: Fiction, Picture Book
Interest Level: K-3
Reading Level: 1.5
Illustrations: Wood, Don.
Mouse worries that the big, hungry bear will take his freshly picked, ripe, red strawberry for himself. Illustrations are brilliant.
Teaching reminders: Different perspective of narrator.
Don't forget schnozz picture!!
This book is written in the form of a narrator talking directly to the main character, the little mouse. (Spoiler alert - there probably isn't really a bear.)
Very cute, very simple - each page has only one or two lines on it - and some clever illustrations (one one page, the mouse disguises his strawberry in a pair of fake glasses with a nose).
Only thing is that this book has been abridged slightly. The non-board book versions have a few illustrations that were left out o...more
Very cute, very simple - each page has only one or two lines on it - and some clever illustrations (one one page, the mouse disguises his strawberry in a pair of fake glasses with a nose).
Only thing is that this book has been abridged slightly. The non-board book versions have a few illustrations that were left out o...more
A wonderful yet simple plot; a little mouse who has harvested a ripe strawberry is trying to save it from the big hungry bear. The clever mouse tries hiding it, plucking it, and disguising it, but there's nothing he can do but eat it! Hmmm! Now that's out thinking the bear!
This book would be ideal for preschool aged children and early readers.
A story of a mouse that picked a strawberry and the narrator uses fictitious information to persuade the mouse into sharing the strawberry with him/her. The construction of this book allows little hands to explore book concepts. Illustrations in this book are, big and colorful and give opportunity for the reader to interact with the child.
The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and The Big Hungry Bear is full of the most expressive faces a mouse has ever worn. The narrator 'tricks' the mouse into giving him half a the juiciest, ripest strawberry...so that the 'big hungry bear' won't gobble it up for himself.
Used for "Going Bananas:Fruit" storytime-April, 2010.
Used for "Going Bananas:Fruit" storytime-April, 2010.
A simply worded story of a mouse who finds the perfect strawberry and is warned that a big hungry bear will try to find and eat it. The mouse tries all sorts of things to protect it, but the author suggests the best idea of all! The pictures are great vivid with colors and detail. We especially loved the facial expressions of the mouse.
Excellent. Very engaging. The words and illustrations complement each other. A wonderful piece for children and adults. My son, then aged 2, had the book memorized and we could say the book in the car, at the Dr's office, wherever we were. It is great fun. I just bought 2 additional copies, one for each grown son as they have children.
This book is about a little mouse who finds a red ripe strawberry and does everything he can to hide it from the big hungry bear. He tries to hide it and bury and he eventually decides that cutting it and eating it and giving the other half to a friend is the best way to do it. It would show children to share things.
One of my favorites as a child. Poor little mouse is convinced by a possibly untrustworthy narrator that a big hungry bear is on its way to steal mouse's prize strawberry. Incredible sense of suspense and sophisticated narration for a seemingly simple picture book. Sure to be a fun book for a child and an adult to share.
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Audrey Wood studied art and drama at the Arkansas Art Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She has owned an operated a book and import store, taught chldren's drama and art, and traveled throughout Mexico and Guatemala studying Indian folk art. She now lives in Hawaii with her talented family (husband Don and son Bruce, who have both collaborated with Audrey by illustrating some of her books).
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