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Babymouse: The Musical (Babymouse #10)
by
Jennifer L. Holm (Goodreads Author),
Matthew Holm
Dust off your dancing shoes. Babymouse and the gang are taking center stage in the feel-good book of the season! Will Babymouse get the lead in the school musical or will Felicia Furrypaws steal the show? Find out in Babymouse: The Musical ! Filled with highsteps and high jinks and starring the critically acclaimed, award-winning Babymouse as herself, this showstopper will...more
Paperback, 96 pages
Published
January 13th 2009
by Random House Books for Young Readers
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I know I said the novelty is wearing off this series, but this volume won me back. Babymouse dreams of being in the spotlight--this time as the star of the school musical--but the spotlight goes instead to familiar rival Felicia Furrypaws. Babymouse isn't completely out, though: she's cast as the understudy, so we can only hope that Felicia gets sick at the last minute. Will it happen, and will Babymouse be able to handle the role?
10 volumes in and Babymouse hasn't changed much--either as a char...more
10 volumes in and Babymouse hasn't changed much--either as a char...more
Wanting to expand my graphic novel reading, I read my first BABYMOUSE book knowing they are a popular choice with grade 3-4 girls. Sorry, but I don't get the appeal (but I'm open to reading more Babymouse to see if only this title was a miss for me). Babymouse is a cute character. I liked the back-and-forth between Babymouse and the book's narrator. But the story was so-so at best. Babymouse tries out for the school musical and ends up being the leading lady's understudy. The book takes many det...more
Being a graphical novel of a mere ninety pages, The Musical took less time for me to read than it took for me to eat my lunch. The so-so good news (for you) is that Baby Mouse and her woes are somewhat humorous. In a cute, clichéd way that is. The bad news (for me) is that reviewing The Musical The Musical was a challenge. In a new-to-me genre way, that is.
Art-heavy books call for the skills of a different type of critic. Yet with the increasing popularity of graphic novels, it seems time to mov...more
Art-heavy books call for the skills of a different type of critic. Yet with the increasing popularity of graphic novels, it seems time to mov...more
Dec 09, 2011
Amy Keltner
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1. Graphic Novel
2. Babymouse wants to be in the new musical at school. However, her clumsiness that surrounds her. Meeting Henry Higgins she gains confidence she needs to try out for the musical.
3. a: One of the best parts of the book is the references to musicals that have happened before. Making it for an adult to understand and enjoy the reading. Even though the adults can understand the books, the references to newer musicals so the students are able to understand.
b: Babymouse is in middl...more
2. Babymouse wants to be in the new musical at school. However, her clumsiness that surrounds her. Meeting Henry Higgins she gains confidence she needs to try out for the musical.
3. a: One of the best parts of the book is the references to musicals that have happened before. Making it for an adult to understand and enjoy the reading. Even though the adults can understand the books, the references to newer musicals so the students are able to understand.
b: Babymouse is in middl...more
This is a Cybils nominee and, dare I say it, my first Babymouse book. Sure I've seen them lined up at the library, even peeked inside them, but I don't have any daughters and my son freaks if the colour pink gets too close to him so I haven't had an excuse. Now, finally I have a real reason to read Babymouse! This was absolutely wonderful! Babymouse (as I'm sure almost everyone already knows) is an adorable character; she's a bit of a klutz and rather a goof at times but she's got lots of friend...more
This comic follows Babymouse on another exciting story as she auditions for a musical to impress a new student from England. This was my favorite of the three stories I read as I thought it was the most comical and one I related the most to. The book had outstanding illustrations that brought the reader into the story. By the end of the story, Babymouse learns an important lesson when it comes to show business and trying to impress a person. In the classroom, a teacher could use the story to tea...more
Jul 01, 2012
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
children starting to read graphic novels
Shelves:
2012,
childrens,
graphic-novels,
education-school,
poetry-song-music,
english,
middle-grade,
humor
This is the tenth book in the Babymouse series by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm. The plot centers on Babymouse's experiences with the school play. As usual, things don't work out very smoothly for Babymouse, but nonetheless, it's an entertaining story. I loved all the references to popular musicals, although I'm sure our youngest didn't get most of them. (Bad mom! I suppose I should see if we can Netflix a few?)
Our youngest really likes these books. They are quick reads and she read two of t...more
Our youngest really likes these books. They are quick reads and she read two of t...more
The musical is coming up for Babymouse. And she decides to sign up, she tried out for the audition and she's the understudy for the lead role in the play!! She practices with everyone in the musical. and when it's time to perform, Felicia - the lead actress - gets a fur ball stick in her throat!! So now Babymouse has to step in. Will it be a success or will Babymouse ruin the musical?
I picked this book up because I love Babymouse. She's funny and nothing turns out right for her but she still tri...more
I picked this book up because I love Babymouse. She's funny and nothing turns out right for her but she still tri...more
Babymouse is a talking mouse who has lots of problems that kids can relate to. In this installment of the Babymouse series, the school puts on a musical. Babymouse auditions, and gets the role of an understudy, and messes everything up.
This book alludes to many different musicals. There are references to Grease, My Fair Lady, Annie and many more. The author cleverly altered the lyrics of well known songs from musicals to fit into the fantastical world of Babymouse. The illustrations add lots o...more
This book alludes to many different musicals. There are references to Grease, My Fair Lady, Annie and many more. The author cleverly altered the lyrics of well known songs from musicals to fit into the fantastical world of Babymouse. The illustrations add lots o...more
The first think I thought when I read this story was how much children would enjoy it. The comedy is just appropriate for grades 4th and 5th. I normally enjoy books with a wider variety of colors. Babymouse only used black and white tones, and pink. I think it was a perfect representation for this novel though. It allowed the pages to not be extremely busy and allows the students to focus on the reading material. Throughout the book most of the pages were filled with onomatopoeias. The large amo...more
Jun 26, 2009
Dani
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
12 year olds, especially girls.
Shelves:
middle-school,
graphic-novels
In this particular book, Babymouse tries out for the musical that her elementary school is staging. She is competing with her long-time nemesis Felicia Furrypaws for the lead role. Will she get it?
You can tell that the author is familiar with musicals. I caught references to at least 10 musicals including "Grease" and "Phantom of the Opera". My kids didn't catch that many, but they laughed out loud at the ones they did understand.
The Babymouse series of graphic novels is a favorite in my house....more
You can tell that the author is familiar with musicals. I caught references to at least 10 musicals including "Grease" and "Phantom of the Opera". My kids didn't catch that many, but they laughed out loud at the ones they did understand.
The Babymouse series of graphic novels is a favorite in my house....more
This book was really fun to read! It's not in the typical format of a picture book, it's like a comical book set up (illustrations make it seem like you're reading a comical book. I think students from 4th grade to 8th or 9th grade would actually enjoy reading these babymouse books. They all have a different story, or imagination of babymouse, so there's no real order in which to read them. This book would not be assigned, it would just be a book that students can read for pleasure. I'm sure I w...more
Y'all know I love my Babymouse and this might be my favorite in the series so far. The school's putting on a musical and when dreamy British newcomer Henry encourages Babymouse to try out she can't help but show up at auditions. When she's given the part of Felicia's understudy, Babymouse is sure she'll never get on stage. With tons of musical references (from Phantom to West Side Story to Evita to Fiddler and more!), this is a surefire hit with any fan of musicals. But will kids get all the ref...more
A good graphic novel for younger readers, Babymouse may only appeal to girls with its black, white, and pink scheme despite focusing on more gender neutral humour, especially physical comedy. I think that this was probably a poor pick on my part, but I doubt that kids would get all the refernces to famous musicals, no matter how much the author and artist must have enjoyed them. I found the amount of lines on the page overwhelming between the text and illustrations which made it a little hard to...more
I love this graphic novel series! Babymouse, a little mouse girl, is convinced by Henry the Hedgehog to try out for the school musical. Of course, Felicia Furrypaws, the coolest cat in school, gets the lead leaving Babymouse with the understudy part. The story is told through spoofs of popular musicals such as Grease, Westside Story and there is even a Phantom of the Locker. This is a great series that I think would get even your non-readers to read. This particular Babymouse book refers to many...more
Cute & clever, but I'm curious to see the reactions of kids who aren't familiar with the referenced musicals (old-school and new-school, from Phantom of the Opera to High School Musical). I'm testing it on my son, who I was surprised to find was already familiar with Babymouse and delighted that I brought home a copy. (I would have thought the pink cover with silver foil too girly for him, but I guess the comic format won him over.)
UPDATE: Oscar says this book is funny and he'd give this 4 o...more
UPDATE: Oscar says this book is funny and he'd give this 4 o...more
I really loved this one! I loved all of the references to famous musicals! So why not give it five stars? A couple of reasons:
1) Babymouse doesn't really learn anything this time around. Now normally this kind of thing doesn't bug me, but this is a children's graphic novel... and this series usually does put out a message about perseverance pays off, friendship means a lot, have self-confidence, etc. ... even if does do it with a sarcastic narrator. The closest thing to a lesson we see here is (...more
1) Babymouse doesn't really learn anything this time around. Now normally this kind of thing doesn't bug me, but this is a children's graphic novel... and this series usually does put out a message about perseverance pays off, friendship means a lot, have self-confidence, etc. ... even if does do it with a sarcastic narrator. The closest thing to a lesson we see here is (...more
Holm, Jennifer L. & Matthew Holm Baby Mouse the Musical pgs. 320 Random House Books for Young Readers Language~G, Sexual Content~G; Violence~G
Hooray for Baby Mouse the Musical! Fans of Broadway . . .meet Broadway Baby Mouse style! You will sing . . .you will giggle . . .you will cheer! Once again the brilliant sibling duo of Jennifer & Matthew Holm have captivated readers young and old alike. If you can order Baby Mouse!
ELMMS/HS –ESSENTIAL. Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Librar...more
Hooray for Baby Mouse the Musical! Fans of Broadway . . .meet Broadway Baby Mouse style! You will sing . . .you will giggle . . .you will cheer! Once again the brilliant sibling duo of Jennifer & Matthew Holm have captivated readers young and old alike. If you can order Baby Mouse!
ELMMS/HS –ESSENTIAL. Allison Madsen~Teen Librarian-SJO Public Librar...more
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Calling all Babymouse fans! Babymouse book #10, Babymouse: The Musical by Jennifer L. Holm and Matthew Holm, is on the shelves. The newest installment of the graphic novel series finds Babymouse trying out for the school musical at the urging of new boy, Henry Higgins. As usual, Babymouse has wild daydreams about her own fame. These daydreams pay homage to The Lion King, Phantom of the Opera and even High School Musical. Babymouse doesn’t disappoint and will have you giggling and cheering throug...more
Babymouse: The Musical by Jennifer L. Holm was nominated last year for Cybils. This year there are two other Babymouse books on the first panel list. I actually first read Babymouse: The Musical last December and I reread before reading the latest two nominations.
So Babymouse is a white mouse living in an excessively pink world. She goes to school and has adventures, mostly fueled by her over-active imagination. She's basically the American rodent equivalent of Hello Kitty.
In this book the schoo...more
So Babymouse is a white mouse living in an excessively pink world. She goes to school and has adventures, mostly fueled by her over-active imagination. She's basically the American rodent equivalent of Hello Kitty.
In this book the schoo...more
All of the Babymouse books are funny, but this one is particularly so due to all the song parodies in it which are great fun to sing.
I want to recommend the series as a whole, too. (as well as the companion series Squish) My oldest was a reluctant reader for a long time (she is very visually oriented) and well written graphic novels and comics aimed at children have been such a wonderful thing for her and really helped her in improving her reading skills in a way that she enjoys.
I want to recommend the series as a whole, too. (as well as the companion series Squish) My oldest was a reluctant reader for a long time (she is very visually oriented) and well written graphic novels and comics aimed at children have been such a wonderful thing for her and really helped her in improving her reading skills in a way that she enjoys.
Babymouse is at it again! Typical! Or, should I say, "Brilliant!" like the dashing Henry Higgins from England, who encourages Babymouse to try out for the school's musical production. She gets her big break~ literally ~ as the understudy, and brings down the house. With references to many Broadway productions like Phantom of the Opera, Fame, The Lion King, and of course, Annie, this graphic novel is entertaining for all. Recommended for ages 7 and up.
This book is very funny. There are many animals who are putting on a musical and it all goes wrong. And then there is a "Phantom of the Locker" (allusion to Phantom of the Opera"), "Elementary School Musical" (allusion to High School Musical), an allusion to The Lion King, and an allusion to My Fair Lady. So it is pretty clever. It would be good to read to a class if you are studying musicals and see if they understand the allusions.
By far my favorite Babymouse so far. I laughed throughout the whole thing. The musical theater references were absolutely brilliant, and while there is a great deal that kids might not pick up on, that what makes Babymouse one of those kid books with adult appeal too. It's kind of like Shrek that way: a cartoon movie made for kids but with some subtle adult humor thrown in to keep them entertained too.
Nov 27, 2012
Nisha Barrett
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I thought his book was very good I think it can relate to real life. It’s how kids have dreams and they want to do something and be the best this shows you the courage of this mouse and how she wanted to win the talent show and she wanted to beat the other girl that won it every year so with that attitude she won. If everyone had that pride and believe in there self great things can happen.
I probably would have gotten more out of this book if I'd read some of the ones before it, as I didn't know all the characters and how they related to Babymouse and the conventions of these books (apparently Babymouse slips into elaborate fantasies?). At any rate, I totally enjoyed the obscure references and the shout-outs to all the Broadway musicals I so love.
I enjoyed aspects of this because I recognized most of the musicals hinted at within the book. This could be a good starter for graphic novels for younger children. I don't know if it would take an adult explaining the jokes, or a child who has seen many musicals to really enjoy all the jokes or if the book could be enjoyed without that prior knowledge.
Once again, Babymouse charms her way through the pages of a new graphic novel. These books are so cute, I can't stand it. The book starts out with Babymouse knocking over all of her classmates while tapping to "One, singular sensation," not unlike my own errant attempts at tap at Christine's School of Dance. Egads. A Chorus Line cruelty.
Babymouse tries out for the school musical. She gets the understudy to Felicia Furrypaws. The day of the musical she has to perform because Felicia gets a furball. It's a disaster, she falls off the stage into the orchestra. I didn't really like this book. I really didn't see a point to the book.
I know I shouldn't let it bother me, but the drama teacher is incorrect about stage directions in this! Babymouse was wrong about upstage but she had stage left and stage right correct. Other than that, another funny Babymouse. This one has plenty of musical references to entertain adults as well.
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Jennifer L. Holm is a NEW YORK TIMES bestselling children's author and the recipient of three Newbery Honors for her novels OUR ONLY MAY AMELIA, PENNY FROM HEAVEN, and TURTLE IN PARADISE. Jennifer collaborates with her brother, Matthew Holm, on two graphic novel series -- the popular Babymouse series and the bestselling Squish series. She is also the author of several other highly praised books, i...more
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