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The King, the Mice and the Cheese
A king's struggle to keep mice from devouring his favorite food makes for an amusing circular tale.
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(first published August 12th 1965)
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Cartoonish riff on the it-could-be-worse trope. I didn't care for the animal-on-animal hate, but liked that the king at the end learned to get along with the mice, rather than merely tolerating them as the lesser evil.
This book begins with mice smelling and then eating cheese, so it could be used as a senses book. Students could smell the cheese in their classroom and then predict what they think it will taste like. The book could be used to enforce how our sense of smell can lead us to a certain type of food, since different types of food smell differently.
This book can be used to teach cause and effect. Every time an animal comes, it is then made to leave by bringing in another animal. There is a cause and...more
This book can be used to teach cause and effect. Every time an animal comes, it is then made to leave by bringing in another animal. There is a cause and...more
A friend recommended this as one of his favorite books as a kid, and I can definitely see why kids would have a lot of fun with it. The story is repetitive and funny, and kids can anticipate which animal will drive out the current unwanted guest. The drawings are very cartoony (almost Disney-looking to me), and each page only has a couple of contrasting colors with a lot of white space, so very small children could enjoy the pictures without reading the text. Older kids will love the antics that...more
A cute enough story, but nothing great.
There is a repetitive pattern to the story and one that lends itself to use for story prediction. It's a straightforward story about a king who loves cheese. The cheese attracts mice. The king does not want to live with mice so he asks the wise men to get rid of them. That begins a revolving pattern that creates more and more problems for the king. But like all stories, this story has a resolution . . . probably not one that the reader would have thought o...more
There is a repetitive pattern to the story and one that lends itself to use for story prediction. It's a straightforward story about a king who loves cheese. The cheese attracts mice. The king does not want to live with mice so he asks the wise men to get rid of them. That begins a revolving pattern that creates more and more problems for the king. But like all stories, this story has a resolution . . . probably not one that the reader would have thought o...more
I've read this book dozens if not hundreds of times to my kids. They love it because its funny and for me it's fun to read. They get to learn about which animals are enemies of which and have some fun doing it. I think this book was a yard sale, but it's been one of their favorites for the past couple of years. My 7 year old is starting to outgrow it, but my 4 year old still loves it. The book has seen some mileage from our family and is beginning to fall apart. I may have to pick up another cop...more
A gleeful tale of the redemptive power of table napkins.
I must have spent hours poring over this book as a small kid. Though I've not seen it for, um... decades, I can clearly recall both the story and the illustrations - the long-suffering king pulling at his beard over complacent cats, dastardly dogs, lolling lions and exasperating elephants before learning to live with his unwanted rodent guests.
Splendid.
I must have spent hours poring over this book as a small kid. Though I've not seen it for, um... decades, I can clearly recall both the story and the illustrations - the long-suffering king pulling at his beard over complacent cats, dastardly dogs, lolling lions and exasperating elephants before learning to live with his unwanted rodent guests.
Splendid.
This is pure, classic literature! I was reminded of this book because I'm going to do read aloud with Rosie's class. When I read this to Caroline's group, I asked what they thought about everyone smelling the cheese deeply..... After some of their answers, I passed around 4 or 5 containers with different smelly cheeses. It was a blast!
I loved this book as a kid, and now reading it to my son! The circular chain of events is so easy to get into. And the illustrations and color are so fun. I love it!
My toddler's current addiction.
A cute and funny story. He knows every word and often likes to "read" it to me instead. Easy for kids to remember. :)
A cute and funny story. He knows every word and often likes to "read" it to me instead. Easy for kids to remember. :)
This a a cute tale about a king that likes cheese and he attracts mice to the castle. He uses his wise men to help him figure out how to solve his problems.
A fun story with a great resolution. See my full review here: http://sunlitpages.blogspot.com/2012/...
My favorite book to read as a child!!! Apparently I used to read it to all my friends :)
I love the pictures on this one. Mice! Mice! They were everywhere!
This would be a great lead in to a science lesson on the senses.
I love this book I read it all the time in a funny voice.
One of my favorites as a kid. :)
Awesomely cool what-comes-next book.
This is my favorite of the Beginner Books I remember from my childhood: a King with a particular fondness for cheese finds his palace overrun by mice, and eventually has to come to a truce with them after he realizes there's no good way to get rid of them. The mice are adorable and the limited color pallete works beautifully...Pixar's Ratatouille took a page from this one in a way.
Dante-
It was a funny book.
Alexia-
It was a fun book and the author was creative to make up all those animals.
Mommy-
A good reminder that compromise is often the best solution to the problem.
It was a funny book.
Alexia-
It was a fun book and the author was creative to make up all those animals.
Mommy-
A good reminder that compromise is often the best solution to the problem.
This story is fun and engaging with the vivid illustrations and engaging text about how the king tries to keep mice from eating his food. This story could be used to show students different writing crafts like circular texts because the book begins and ends in a similar manner.
These easy readers that I loved as a kid really stick in my mind, and I love that I still enjoy them as an adult. This one is a funny story, with great illustrations. Another one that I found when my boys were very little, at a yard sale up the street from my house.
I find it hilarious every time I read it. Nancy Gurney is a gifted author indeed.
I was crazy about this when I was little. I'd totally forgotten it existed until just now! The illustrations always made me hungry for cheese. :D
...but of course, only if you are about five or six.
This is on my list for my new nephew when he is old enough...
This is on my list for my new nephew when he is old enough...
this is my favorite book i read as a child.
Another one of my favorite picture books
I love the mice.
Apr 29, 2013
Stephen Cameron
marked it as to-read
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