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Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores (Horace and Morris and Dolores #1)
by
James Howe,
Amy Walrod
Horace, Morris, and Dolores do everything together and know that they will be Friends Forever...until one day, when Horace and Morris become part of an exclusive boys' club and Dolores finds herself left out. Soon, she, too, finds her own club, where no boys are allowed and girls are supposed to have fun doing girl stuff. But after a while, Horace and Morris and Dolor...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
March 1st 1999
by Atheneum
(first published 1999)
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Horrace and Morris, but Mostly Dolores was about three friends who were always together and loved to play games. One day Horace and Morris go to play with a club. The club is only for boys though so Dolores is left all alone. Dolores finds a club that is for all girls. Dolores decides to give it a go and joins the club. While the girls want to gossip and play feminine games, Dolores wants to explore and go on adventures. Meanwhile Horace and Morris are also beginning to be bored with their club....more
Horrace and Morris but mostly Dolores is an adorable story about three adventurous friends who part ways when Horrace and Morris join an all boys club where girls weren't allowed. Dolores then joins an all girls club but soon realizes she misses her two best friends. They are all then reunited and they form their own club where anyone is welcome. I think this teaches children about friendship and that girls and boys can get along and be the best of friends. This throws that whole "cooties"...more
There were many aspects of this book that I enjoyed and that lead it to a five star rating. The images, rhythmic wording, and mix between word placement made it a fun and interesting book. This book was filled with pirates, cats, jumping through fiery rings, puppet shows club houses, adventures, and friendship. What child doesn't love adventure? The images were fun and relatable to a child, I watch children and many times they love dressing up as pirates, and going on "adventures" thro...more
I really enjoyed reading this book. I think that it teaches a very good lesson about how sometimes people feel left out because their friends go on and join other clubs such as Horace and Morris did, while Dolores was left to join the all girls club alone all by herself. It is a good book to teach in the grades where children start to venture off and start to become independent to show that even though you have to leave your friends sometimes, it is not the worst thing in the world, and it has t...more
Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores is a entertaining children's books about three mice. Two boys named Horace and Morris and one girl named Dolores. They were the best of friends and did everything together! Until Horace and Morris joined a boy club and were told they weren't allowed to play with girl mice, and Dolores joined the girl club with no boy mice allowed. There friendship get torn apart and the reader is left wondering if their friendship will ever be as it once was. This is a really...more
Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores is almost a more quirky, comic-like version of a Kevin Henkes story in which the mice characters defy social norms or standard rules and define themselves as unique characters. In this story, Dolores is the true hero, breaking through social norms of what girls should do versus what boys should do. She likes adventure and exploring and could care less about how to "find a fella using mozzarella". I also really enjoy the illustrations in this story. ...more
Horace and Morris but most Dolores by James Howe is an intriguing tale about three mice: Horace, Morris, and Dolores. They are the best of friends and do everything together. One day, however, Horace and Morris discover a club that doesn't allow girls. They say, "A boy mouse must do what a boy mouse must do" and they leave Dolores behind. She doesn't understand why the club doesn't allow girls, and how could her friends leave her behind? Dolores comes up with the idea to start he...more
This book showed how girls and boys stereotypically do not play with each other. Girls should play with girly things, like dolls and make crafts (in this case out of cheese). I found the sign in the girls' clubhouse that said "Today's Topic for Discussion: How to Get a Fella Using Mozzarella" really funny and right on with the stereotype that the author was trying to convey. Boys should do more masculine things, like shoot things with slingshots and play with trucks. I think the me...more
Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores was a great story about boys and girls. The book explored the idea younger kids get about the gender differences. Horace and Morris felt at some point they had to only hang with the boys and do typical boy things. On the other side Dolores had to conform to doing the "girl" stuff. At some point there becomes a realization that you can do whatever you want as long as your having fun.
I thought the use of colors in this story he...more
James Howe, the author of Horace and Morris but mostly Delores, has written a unique story about a girl mouse that “made a different decision”. In this quirky picturebook, you will find many cheese references (i.e. roque-fort), strong female characters, and a message about inclusion. Howe subtly plays with gender stereotypes that afflict many school age children with his depiction of Delores—a girl who loves adventure, is confident, and isn’t afraid to lead. Howe also has fun playing with words ...more
Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores is a fun story about three mouse friends who do everything together. They explore and play together and are 3 of the best friends. One day Horace and Morris decide to join a club where girls are not allowed. Dolores, who is left out because she is obviously a girl, is forced to join the Cheese Puffs club. After a while of not being with her friends Dolores decides that she no longer wants to be a part of the Cheese Puffs and her and a friend decided to ...more
I really liked this book because it was so realistic as to how real young boys and girls act. This really made me reflect back to elementary school recess when the boys would all stick together playing kickball and the girls would make bracelets under the ramada. The fort concept is pretty much the same where one doesn't allow the other. I think that this book will really appeal to my students for this reason! It's so similar to what they're experiencing every day. The illustrations were very si...more
“Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores” by James Howe, is about a group of mice that are the best of friends. One day the boy mice wanted to play in the boy clubhouse, this mean that Dolores couldn’t play with them anymore because she is a girl. She wanted to play with the boys as well because she didn’t see a wall between playing with boys or girls. But, she let the boys go to the clubhouse and she decided that maybe she should try to play with the girls at their own clubhouse. Dolores was not i...more
This is a great read for younger kids. Everyone remembers being at that age where they were told the opposite sex was gross or had cooties. This book challenges people to form their own opinion about things. It also challenges people to do what they want to do and not follow the crowd just because it seems like the right thing to do. When Horris and Morris join the boys only club they leave Dolores and she then joins the girls only club. Dolores doesn't really fit into the only girls club and be...more
By far one of my FAVORITE books. I loved how the pictures were set up.If the mice children were whispering the text would be small, if they were excited the text dialogue would be large. The illustrations were very cartoon-ish, which I felt allowed the imagination to run wild. The color scheme is eye catching, and I love how they have their own little mice world. Like how they had the Seven Sewers and incorporated cheese into everything.
What I loved so much was the story. It was a situatio...more
What I loved so much was the story. It was a situatio...more
Horace and Morris but Mostly Delores is a fun and fascinating book. I enjoyed the use of puns throughout the book, such as Mount Ever-Rust and the seven sewers. I think that mostly young children would enjoy reading this book, or hearing it read to them. The rhyming in the story was also intriguing. The illustrations are big and bold and I think that children will really be drawn to the little details. It's teaches a fun lesson that although boys and girls sometimes like to do different things,...more
I felt that both the text and the illustrations were very creative (such as with Mount Ever-Rust. The book was an enjoyable read and had a good storyline and moral to it. I felt that the use of text within the illustrations was a nice way to keep the text and illustrations working together. The attention to the smallest details, such as with the chalkboard in the classroom, allow the reader to get drawn into the book by looking for all of the little details within the illustrations. As a teach...more
Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores was a cool book and to me it was kind of funny. I thought it was funny because this happens in real life; boys and girls never want to play together, and they think it is yucky to play with one another. I would read this book to my students because it can teach that playing with one another is fun. An activity I would do with my kids after reading this book is to form groups of four people in each group, two boys and two girls. Then, their assignment would be...more
I was immediately struck by the front cover of this book. Three mice on top of a leopard seems rather fishy to me, but nonetheless interesting. Also, there is an original feel to the medium of the illustrations. They look like paper cut-outs to me and they are very well done.
As for the message: I enjoy the use of animals and small friendships to emphasize the importance of gender equality and the recognition that friends are friends. The rhyming of the names, the use of such things as...more
As for the message: I enjoy the use of animals and small friendships to emphasize the importance of gender equality and the recognition that friends are friends. The rhyming of the names, the use of such things as...more
At first I was skeptical about this book. The cover just looked like it would be an okay book about the adventures of Horace, Morris and Dolores but as I started to read the book I was proven wrong. This is a great book for young children because the moral of the story is appropriate and the pictures are amazing. The pictures are amazing in the colors that are used and by the different aspects that are shown on each page. The moral of this story is that everyone can play together regardless ...more
Horrace And Morrice but Mostly Dolores is about three mice who are not afraid to go on any adventure. They sail across the Seven Sewers and climb to the top of Mount Ever-rust, and continue to pursue on outstanding adventures. Until one day, Horace and Morris decide that a "boy mouse must do what a boy mouse must do" and join a club called the Mega Mice, which is a boys only club. Dolores is left all alone, but soon finds a girls only club call the Cheese Puffs but she is very bored. A...more
I feel like this book could be used in the 2nd to 3rd grade reading level. The pictures were like little crayon drawing and are fun i think for little kids to look at. One thing i enjoyed and know as a little kid would probably love to read is the rhyming names of all of the mice. It in my mind sounds a lot more fun and for little kids it is something that they like and i could see them taking the book home to their parents to read. The story is very relatable to how kids act in elementary...more
This book was very well done and very creative. An interesting take on the lives of mice, this children's book teaches all readers a valuable lesson of friendship. The text of the story was done very well too, with differing colors of text and different styles used. There is also text in the illustrations, which I thought added to the overall feeling over the book because it makes it feel like the mice have put more thought into their fun, rather than forcing fun with the trash and cheese they f...more
Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores is a great book for children. It teaches the importance of friendship. It is a good book that shows how growing up can be difficult and sometimes when you have a best friend of the opposite sex it can be challenging. But if you want it to it can all work out and you can stay great friends. With this book I would ask my studetns to first think about a time when they were seperated from an activity due to the fact that they were a boy or a girl. I would hear...more
I really did not care for this book what so ever. I think the book has a good message that’s boys do not have to play with boys and girls do not have to play with girls but I think the story line was poor. Here you have three mice that like to explore and play and the two boys go off to this boys club where they are playing and having fun and then the girl mouse goes off to her club where they are sipping tea. Of course she isn’t going want to be there, that’s not what she is in to. She would ra...more
Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores is a story of three adventurous mice who are best friends. However when Horace and Morris join an all boys club Dolores is left all on her own. So she does the only thing she can do and joins an all girls club. However it is not long before she gets sick and tired of doing only girly things and misses having adventures with Horace and Morris. She quits the club and convinces her two best friends to quit their club as well. So they all start their own club tha...more
"Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores never said, 'This is something we shouldn't do.' They said, 'This is something we've got to do!'"
—Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores
This picture book is a delight. James Howe brings his fun, bouncy style to the text, creating nice comic moments and feelings with which all of the readers should be able to readily identify. The dynamics of the friendship between Horace, Morris, Dolores (and ultimately Chloris and Boris) ...more
—Horace and Morris but Mostly Dolores
This picture book is a delight. James Howe brings his fun, bouncy style to the text, creating nice comic moments and feelings with which all of the readers should be able to readily identify. The dynamics of the friendship between Horace, Morris, Dolores (and ultimately Chloris and Boris) ...more
I really enjoyed reading this book because it not only talks about building friendships with people but how to be yourself also. I think this story has a lot of lessons that little kids can learn from about growing up and being true to yourself. I think as a teacher, this would be a great book to use to teach kids about some lessons on making friends, and especially learning about the golden rule, which is "treat others the way you would like to be treated." I'm kids aged 4 and up woul...more
Horace and Morris but mostly Dolores had a key element of gender roles in it's story line. By gender roles, I don't mean boys can't play dolls, but that the mice have reached the age where exclusive boy-only and girl-only clubs are popular. This usually happens around second or third grade, if I remember my own experience correctly... :) Not that some children haven't experienced the hurt of being turned away from a club of some sort, but I found it to be important to dicuss. I thought it was gr...more
This book was really enjoyable to read. I think it is meant for the primary grade levels and that is what I plan on teaching. I definitely plan on using this book in my lesson plans in the future. Kids will really love how all of the characters' names rhymed with one another. This book teaches a great lesson as well. It is important for young kids to know that girls can be friends with boys and that boys can be friends with girls. I remember from first, second, and third grade that boys always s...more
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“Horace and Morris and Dolores were friends—the greatest of friends, the truest of friends, the now-and-forever-I'm-yours sort of friends.”
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