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Mouse Noses on Toast
When Paul Mouse overhears a customer in a restaurant ordering mouse noses on toast, he assumes it must be a joke. Mouse noses on toast is a myth, isn’t it? But when the waiter asks if that would be with or without whiskers, Paul knows it’s no joke. So begins a laugh-out-loud funny ride involving mouse activists and cheese addicts. Along with his friends— Sandra the Christmas tree ornament, Rowley Barker Hobbs, a shaggy sheepdog, and the Tinby, a sort of monster, Paul Mouse, who’s sadly allergic to cheese, campaigns to bring an end to this disgusting human eating habit. This inviting chapter book will keep young readers giggling.
128 pages, Hardcover
First published April 5, 2007
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March 7, 2008
The British are different from you and I. They have more guts. Guts to do something a little weird, a little odd, a little random. Guts to write some of the most peculiar books out there for kids, and to be having the time of their life while writing them. I've read a million books for children about friendship, moving away, new pets, new siblings, and a host of other overly familiar topics. So once in a while it is a very great relief to pick up a book like Mouse Noses on Toast and to find it to be an absolute gobsmacked wonder of weirdness (in a good way). Parents and teachers are always looking for some good early chapter books to hand to the 5-10 year-old set. This book fits the bill and is just as engaging as it is loopy.
Paul Mouse has an allergy to cheese. Not the usual sniffing, sneezing, coughing kind of allergy. More the kind where every time he touches cheese his tail curls into a question mark, the hair falls off of his bottom, and his bottom turns bright blue. After exposing himself yet again, Paul, his best friend Sandra (an angel Christmas tree ornament), and a Tinby decide to have a posh meal at a local restaurant. By accident, however, they end up in the human part of the restaurant and become aware of a horrifying human delicacy: mouse noses on toast. Before long, Paul has teamed up with rodent activist Larry Mouse and many others of his kind to stop this terrible scourge, no matter what the cost.
I grew up in the early years of Nickelodeon, watching Canadian programs like Pinwheel and the like. One of the notable aspects of Pinwheel (called the poor man's Sesame Street, which wasn't too far off) was that it had lots of stop motion shorts from England. So my regular Reading Rainbow and 3-2-1 Contact fare was supplemented with things like Bagpuss, The Clangers and The Magic Roundabout. I sound like I'm completely off-topic here, but I'm going to make an argument in this book's favor. The British LOVE inanimate objects that spring to life and go walkies. Their television programs testify to this and so too do their children's books. In this novel you have a mouse that is allergic to cheese. That's fairly standard. His best friend is an angel Christmas tree ornament. A bit odd, but still okay. And then there is "the Tinby". The Tinby is basically one of those small toys children somehow end up with that never have much purpose. It is described as "curved at the top and flat at the bottom, with little square legs, tiny black eyes and nothing else." Huh. Yet somehow it makes sense within the contest of this little world.
You see the book is deeply faithful to its own interior logic. In this story humans find mouse noses on toast to be a supreme delicacy (they also enjoy colorful parrot soup with extra beaky bits, but that's neither here nor there). Mice attempt to make petitions to present to the Prime Minister, wear sandals and glasses if they're hippies, and Tinbys have a tendency to turn mad when severely alarmed. Daren King is a writer with a style entirely of his own. I'm usually very skeptical of adult authors that make the switchover into the world of children's literature, but King avoids many of the traps his contemporaries have fallen into. He's the kind of author that can get away with writing the word "mouses" instead of "mice" and not sound precious while doing it. It simply fits within the story. I like that he gets a bit cheeky with his descriptions too. When the mice decide to raid the factory producing mouse noses for the mouse noses on toast I couldn't help but be impressed with the name bestowed upon the dog helping them; "The Four-Legged Terrorist Transportation Unit".
Thinking about it, I can't imagine that any illustrator other than David Roberts have the cohones to illustrate this puppy quite as well as he. He's made some very simple pen-and-ink illustrations throughout this book but they fit the equally paired down narrative. Roberts is a fan of complex backgrounds against which his pure white mice show up splendidly. What's more, he figured out what a Tinby was better than most artists would, I imagine.
A lot of parents come to my reference desk and ask for good bedtime stories to read to their children. With its diminutive size, Mouse Noses on Toast isn't ideal in that respect, but I can still see a lot of parents and teachers reaching for it as a readaloud. Fun early chapter books are worth holding on to like they were diamonds. Consider this British import to be a great addition to your collection.
Paul Mouse has an allergy to cheese. Not the usual sniffing, sneezing, coughing kind of allergy. More the kind where every time he touches cheese his tail curls into a question mark, the hair falls off of his bottom, and his bottom turns bright blue. After exposing himself yet again, Paul, his best friend Sandra (an angel Christmas tree ornament), and a Tinby decide to have a posh meal at a local restaurant. By accident, however, they end up in the human part of the restaurant and become aware of a horrifying human delicacy: mouse noses on toast. Before long, Paul has teamed up with rodent activist Larry Mouse and many others of his kind to stop this terrible scourge, no matter what the cost.
I grew up in the early years of Nickelodeon, watching Canadian programs like Pinwheel and the like. One of the notable aspects of Pinwheel (called the poor man's Sesame Street, which wasn't too far off) was that it had lots of stop motion shorts from England. So my regular Reading Rainbow and 3-2-1 Contact fare was supplemented with things like Bagpuss, The Clangers and The Magic Roundabout. I sound like I'm completely off-topic here, but I'm going to make an argument in this book's favor. The British LOVE inanimate objects that spring to life and go walkies. Their television programs testify to this and so too do their children's books. In this novel you have a mouse that is allergic to cheese. That's fairly standard. His best friend is an angel Christmas tree ornament. A bit odd, but still okay. And then there is "the Tinby". The Tinby is basically one of those small toys children somehow end up with that never have much purpose. It is described as "curved at the top and flat at the bottom, with little square legs, tiny black eyes and nothing else." Huh. Yet somehow it makes sense within the contest of this little world.
You see the book is deeply faithful to its own interior logic. In this story humans find mouse noses on toast to be a supreme delicacy (they also enjoy colorful parrot soup with extra beaky bits, but that's neither here nor there). Mice attempt to make petitions to present to the Prime Minister, wear sandals and glasses if they're hippies, and Tinbys have a tendency to turn mad when severely alarmed. Daren King is a writer with a style entirely of his own. I'm usually very skeptical of adult authors that make the switchover into the world of children's literature, but King avoids many of the traps his contemporaries have fallen into. He's the kind of author that can get away with writing the word "mouses" instead of "mice" and not sound precious while doing it. It simply fits within the story. I like that he gets a bit cheeky with his descriptions too. When the mice decide to raid the factory producing mouse noses for the mouse noses on toast I couldn't help but be impressed with the name bestowed upon the dog helping them; "The Four-Legged Terrorist Transportation Unit".
Thinking about it, I can't imagine that any illustrator other than David Roberts have the cohones to illustrate this puppy quite as well as he. He's made some very simple pen-and-ink illustrations throughout this book but they fit the equally paired down narrative. Roberts is a fan of complex backgrounds against which his pure white mice show up splendidly. What's more, he figured out what a Tinby was better than most artists would, I imagine.
A lot of parents come to my reference desk and ask for good bedtime stories to read to their children. With its diminutive size, Mouse Noses on Toast isn't ideal in that respect, but I can still see a lot of parents and teachers reaching for it as a readaloud. Fun early chapter books are worth holding on to like they were diamonds. Consider this British import to be a great addition to your collection.
April 19, 2008
Delightfully offbeat, written in a way that just begs for Jim Dale or Isaiah Sheffer to read it aloud. I think this one is dividing adult readers, and I would really enjoy some kid-feedback on this book. Us grown ups seem to enjoy it or hate it with little middle ground. I mean, it's a bit bizarre and mixes fantasy/magical realism elements into sophisticated prose. I had fun reading it, and found myself wishing I had a Tinby of my own!
December 21, 2025
I think the characters were attractive, lively and entertaining, as were the illustrations.
I was disappointed by how suddenly the story ended. If I read it to the grandchildren, I imagine they would have similar questions to mine: what happened to Paul Mouse's bottom? Did Rowley Barker Hobbs get the bone he was promised? What happened to Tinby?
Made me smile.
I was disappointed by how suddenly the story ended. If I read it to the grandchildren, I imagine they would have similar questions to mine: what happened to Paul Mouse's bottom? Did Rowley Barker Hobbs get the bone he was promised? What happened to Tinby?
Made me smile.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 19, 2010
I love mice, and I love stories about mice.
This one is offbeat, and mildly funny. I wanted to enjoy it, so I did, but there were a few disappointing moments.
As another reader pointed out, we are promised that we will find out why a Tinby is called a Tinby, and we are never actually told. (Chalk this up to the writer's intention if you like, but it's annoying.) Also, Larry tells Paul that he knows a cure for his cheese allergy and will tell him later, but he never does tell him later.
The thing I didn't like the most was the ending, I guess. I wanted a real rescue for the poor mice who were having their noses cut off for human food, as I felt that was the kind of amazing finish such a crazy mouse adventure story deserved ... and the fact that it turned out the mouse noses on toast were actually mad of marzipan was such a cop out. It could have been a lot more exciting.
However, it was still cute and as I love mice worth the read. :)
This one is offbeat, and mildly funny. I wanted to enjoy it, so I did, but there were a few disappointing moments.
As another reader pointed out, we are promised that we will find out why a Tinby is called a Tinby, and we are never actually told. (Chalk this up to the writer's intention if you like, but it's annoying.) Also, Larry tells Paul that he knows a cure for his cheese allergy and will tell him later, but he never does tell him later.
The thing I didn't like the most was the ending, I guess. I wanted a real rescue for the poor mice who were having their noses cut off for human food, as I felt that was the kind of amazing finish such a crazy mouse adventure story deserved ... and the fact that it turned out the mouse noses on toast were actually mad of marzipan was such a cop out. It could have been a lot more exciting.
However, it was still cute and as I love mice worth the read. :)
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 28, 2011
Hulvaton kertomus Pauli-hiirestä ja hänen ystävistään Enkeli joulukoristeesta ja herra Peltisestä. Paulilla on pienoinen ongelma, hän on allerginen juustolle, eikä kehtaa kertoa sitä hiiriystävilleen. Silti hän käy tapaamassa ystäviä. Erään tapaamisen jälkeen Enkeli päättää palkita Paulin ravintoillallisella. Siellä kaverukset näkevät jotain kauhistuttavaa: ihmiset syövät hiiren päitä! Alkaa taistelu hiirien oikeuksista. Ehdottomasti vinkkausreppuun!
December 27, 2011
I have a love-hate relationship with British humor. This book is so off-the-wall it falls to the love side. A mouse lives in a Kleenex box with a plastic Christmas ornament and a little metal creature called the Tinby(???). I recommend this book to readers of all ages who enjoy Cartoon Network shows like "Adventure Time," "Regular Show," "Tim & Eric," as well as Nickelodeon classic "Ren and Stimpy."
December 12, 2013
What a hoot!loved every word of this delightfully quirky kids book. The writing and story is pitched just right for the 8 -1o age group and the illustrations are simply perfect. The book has just the right amount of grossness and off the wall humor to keep kids (and adults) amused from beginning to end.
February 26, 2008
I hated this book so much I skimmed it. Who the heck is it meant for anyway? It seems impressed by its own wit and hipness, yet there's nothing much in it aside from a few bottom jokes to appeal to kids.
I suppose that means it'll probably win the Newbery Award next year, or at least a Cybil.....
I suppose that means it'll probably win the Newbery Award next year, or at least a Cybil.....
March 18, 2009
Clever, funny, imaginative and pleasantly quirky.
April 9, 2009
Tinby!
February 2, 2012
Rather bizarre, but cute
June 30, 2024
Reviewed for Allen and Unwin Teachers Reviews, 2007
The promise of Mouse Noses silly title grabbed us, rewarding us with an introduction to Paul Mouse and his wonderful assortment of friends. We met Sandra, the houseproud Christmas decoration, shaggy sheepdog Rowley Barker Hobbs, and the Tinby; a sort of monster, though smaller than a monster and a lot more fun to be around. What happens when they venture beyond their overgrown garden home? Paul Mouse has a cheese allergy; if he stood near a tasty cheddar his bottom would turn blue, the fur would fall out and his tail would curl up like a question mark. Paul is forced to sit on a cheddar chair early on, so spends the book running about trying to hide his bare blue bottom. But Mouse Noses is not all about Paul’s blue bottom, or about how he conquers his allergy. While treating themselves to a posh meal after Paul’s ordeal, the friends discover humans eating a prized dish – mouse noses on toast… with whiskers or without! The mouse population is horrified. The Tinby incites them to action.
These pocket-sized political activists, led by cowardly Larry, march across the restaurant floor chanting protest songs and waving cardboard signs proclaiming ‘Hands off our noses!’ Their crusade takes them to the Prime Minister and out of town to sabotage the Mouse Noses Abattoir. What happens there can only be revealed by reading right to the end. Despite my humanness I was cheering for the mouses! David Roberts’ delightfully whimsical line drawings complement King’s story perfectly. Teachers may read Mouse Noses to their middle primary classes and discuss political action, belief in a cause, friendship and conquering fears, or they may turn blue with laughter. Mouse Noses will leave readers feeling cheerful and triumphant. But will they eat mouse noses with whiskers, or without?
The promise of Mouse Noses silly title grabbed us, rewarding us with an introduction to Paul Mouse and his wonderful assortment of friends. We met Sandra, the houseproud Christmas decoration, shaggy sheepdog Rowley Barker Hobbs, and the Tinby; a sort of monster, though smaller than a monster and a lot more fun to be around. What happens when they venture beyond their overgrown garden home? Paul Mouse has a cheese allergy; if he stood near a tasty cheddar his bottom would turn blue, the fur would fall out and his tail would curl up like a question mark. Paul is forced to sit on a cheddar chair early on, so spends the book running about trying to hide his bare blue bottom. But Mouse Noses is not all about Paul’s blue bottom, or about how he conquers his allergy. While treating themselves to a posh meal after Paul’s ordeal, the friends discover humans eating a prized dish – mouse noses on toast… with whiskers or without! The mouse population is horrified. The Tinby incites them to action.
These pocket-sized political activists, led by cowardly Larry, march across the restaurant floor chanting protest songs and waving cardboard signs proclaiming ‘Hands off our noses!’ Their crusade takes them to the Prime Minister and out of town to sabotage the Mouse Noses Abattoir. What happens there can only be revealed by reading right to the end. Despite my humanness I was cheering for the mouses! David Roberts’ delightfully whimsical line drawings complement King’s story perfectly. Teachers may read Mouse Noses to their middle primary classes and discuss political action, belief in a cause, friendship and conquering fears, or they may turn blue with laughter. Mouse Noses will leave readers feeling cheerful and triumphant. But will they eat mouse noses with whiskers, or without?
July 18, 2020
When you're reading a book with a 5-7 year old, you want some animals and some humor. Absurdity is always welcome. And a little potty humor never hurts anything. Enter Paul Mouse, friend to a Christmas tree ornament and a small creature called Tinby. Their adventures take them to a restaurant of the titular featured dish. I will say some of the absurdity and potty humor ventures into "ahh, gross!" territory, so be warned.
Overall though I loved it--super quirky and fun and I can't wait to read it to nieces and nephews.
Overall though I loved it--super quirky and fun and I can't wait to read it to nieces and nephews.
September 15, 2024
Tämä kirja tarttui kesälomalla matkaan ja "iltasatuna" sitä 11v mukelon kanssa lopulta kahlattiin läpi.
Sanoisinko, että oma mukelo oli melkoisen hyvässä iässä tälle kirjalle.
Luvuissa käsiteltiin sellaisiakin aiheita kuin mielenilmaukset ja hiirenkuonojen syönti, joten ihan kevyttä tekstiä tämä ei aina ollut, joskaan ei aiheita mässäillen kuvailtu.
Parissa kohtaa pääsi allekirjoittanutkin naurahtamaan ja mukelo vielä muutaman kerran enemmän.
Itse olisin antanut kirjalla kaksi tähteä, mutta mukelo tykkäsin sen verran jotta nostin kolmeen.
Sanoisinko, että oma mukelo oli melkoisen hyvässä iässä tälle kirjalle.
Luvuissa käsiteltiin sellaisiakin aiheita kuin mielenilmaukset ja hiirenkuonojen syönti, joten ihan kevyttä tekstiä tämä ei aina ollut, joskaan ei aiheita mässäillen kuvailtu.
Parissa kohtaa pääsi allekirjoittanutkin naurahtamaan ja mukelo vielä muutaman kerran enemmän.
Itse olisin antanut kirjalla kaksi tähteä, mutta mukelo tykkäsin sen verran jotta nostin kolmeen.
March 7, 2018
A silly little book about some mice starting up a revolt against humans that eat Mouse Noses on Toast. It kind of meanders a little bit and is definitely quite odd, but it was fun and enjoyable. Occasional silly little line illustration. The kids enjoyed it. Long enough to be multi-night read and short enough to not get boring for them.
April 9, 2020
რა კარგი ამბავია მოყოლილი <3
"თაგვები ქურდები არ გეგონოს. თაგვები მხოლოდ ყველს იპარავენ, ეს კი ქურდობად არც ითვლება, რადგან რაც დედამიწის ზურგზე ყველია, ისედაც საიდუმლოდ თაგვებს ეკუთვნის."
March 12, 2022
Super weird and charming, my daughter loved it (elementary school) and years later we still laugh at some of the quirky aspects of the story. It remains my daughter’s favorite childhood book, but we are a bit weird and maybe quirky.
April 10, 2020
Dumb and quite annoying.
December 28, 2024
Silly, charming and grotesque.
March 18, 2015
Short and sweet, Mouse Noses on Toast is bound to have those of you with slightly twisted senses of humor laughing your noses off! It only took me around a half hour to read, but it was a very happy half hour in which I laughed out loud many times. Mouses Noses introduces us to Paul Mouse who is allergic to, of all things, cheese. (It makes his bottom turn blue and his tail turn up like a question mark.) He doesn't live with the other mice because of this, but instead spends his time with a Christmas tree angel named Sandra and the Tinby, a mysterious toy. He visits his mice friends in a plastic wrap suit, which they think is the height of mouse fashion. After one particularly stressful visit in which Paul's fashionable suit fails to protect him, Sandra suggests that Paul, the Tinby, and the dog next door (Rowley Barker Hobbs) go get a nice, posh dinner. Instead, they discover the horror that is mouse noses on toast. While many mice think that it is a myth, like caviar or colorful parrot soup with extra beaky bits, it turn out that humans do eat this dreadful delicacy. Can the mice stop this horror? When a slightly hippie activist mouse comes on the scene, and the Tinby goes in to battle mode, then maybe, just maybe, they can get to the bottom of this. If they can get anyone's attention, that is. The humor here is, obviously, dark. I'm not going to make comparisons to Lemony Snicket in terms of writing or content, but I think those that enjoyed the macabre humor of the unfortunate series are bound to enjoy this little book. Although the reading level and length may be suited to slightly younger ages, the humor and subject matter of this book make it more likely to appeal to readers 10 - 12, and even more likely to appeal to adult readers of children's stories. There's a lot younger readers will miss. It would make a great read-aloud for younger kids, with you on hand to answer the inevitable questions, I think.
March 7, 2017
Siel värjäytyi hiirulaisilt perskarvat! Khihihii!
Daren Kingin "Hiirenkuonoleipiä" (Karisto, 2011) on palkittu brittiläinen lastenromaani, jonka kohderyhmänä ovat helppolukuisista juuri ylipäässeet kakarat.
"Hiirenkuonoleipiä" kertoo Pauli-nimisestä hiirestä, joka on allerginen juustolle. Perusidea on siis kohtalaisen mukava, mutta siihenpä se jääkin. Vaikka romaani oli kai tarkoitettu humoristiseksi, en pitänyt sitä erityisen hauskana, sillä vitsi juustoallergian aikaansaamasta takapuolen sinertymisestä ja hännän kipristymisestä väljähtyy aika nopeasti.
Suurimmaksi ongelmaksi omalla kohdallani muodostui kuitenkin itsetarkoituksellisen kummallinen maailma, johon en vaan päässyt solahtamaan sisälle. Lukijana minun olisi pitänyt jotenkin uskoa, että hienossa ravintolassa ruokailevat ihmiset tykkäävät nauttia hiirenkuonoja leivän päällä, mikä sitten pöyristyttää hiiriä ja heidän omituisia ystäviään - mystinen peltiheikki, kaikkia tervehtivä lammaskoira ja joulukuusenkoriste - siinä määrin että he perustavat jonkinlaisen mieltään osoittavan yhteisrintaman ratkaistakseen tilanteen. Suurempaa jännitettä ei pääse syntymään, henkilöhahmot eivät jaksa kiinnostaa ja loppuratkaisu on - kirjan linjan mukaisesti - yksinomaan omituinen.
Lapset kai ovat pitäneet kirjasta jossakin määrin, joten ehkä vika oli osin myös lukijassa, joka piti tätä yksinomaan ärsyttävänä ja lähestulkoon lukukelvottomana tapauksena. Yksi tähti.
Daren Kingin "Hiirenkuonoleipiä" (Karisto, 2011) on palkittu brittiläinen lastenromaani, jonka kohderyhmänä ovat helppolukuisista juuri ylipäässeet kakarat.
"Hiirenkuonoleipiä" kertoo Pauli-nimisestä hiirestä, joka on allerginen juustolle. Perusidea on siis kohtalaisen mukava, mutta siihenpä se jääkin. Vaikka romaani oli kai tarkoitettu humoristiseksi, en pitänyt sitä erityisen hauskana, sillä vitsi juustoallergian aikaansaamasta takapuolen sinertymisestä ja hännän kipristymisestä väljähtyy aika nopeasti.
Suurimmaksi ongelmaksi omalla kohdallani muodostui kuitenkin itsetarkoituksellisen kummallinen maailma, johon en vaan päässyt solahtamaan sisälle. Lukijana minun olisi pitänyt jotenkin uskoa, että hienossa ravintolassa ruokailevat ihmiset tykkäävät nauttia hiirenkuonoja leivän päällä, mikä sitten pöyristyttää hiiriä ja heidän omituisia ystäviään - mystinen peltiheikki, kaikkia tervehtivä lammaskoira ja joulukuusenkoriste - siinä määrin että he perustavat jonkinlaisen mieltään osoittavan yhteisrintaman ratkaistakseen tilanteen. Suurempaa jännitettä ei pääse syntymään, henkilöhahmot eivät jaksa kiinnostaa ja loppuratkaisu on - kirjan linjan mukaisesti - yksinomaan omituinen.
Lapset kai ovat pitäneet kirjasta jossakin määrin, joten ehkä vika oli osin myös lukijassa, joka piti tätä yksinomaan ärsyttävänä ja lähestulkoon lukukelvottomana tapauksena. Yksi tähti.
March 18, 2008
Paul Mouse is allergic to cheese. It makes his tail curl into a question mark, his fur fall out and his bottom turn blue. For this reason, he doesn't hang out with other mice, instead keeping company with a Christmas ornament named Sandra and an unidentifiable creature called "the Tinby." But he must take this allergy by the whiskers and spend a little more time with cheese-obessed mice(the author calls them "mouses" which I found annoying and unnecessary) in order to stand up to the horror of the delicacy "mouse noses on toast" served at the restaurant in which they live. This story is completely wacky, but that's what makes it kind of fun. The Tinby is especially odd and likable.
November 6, 2011
Aloitin lukemisen alkuvuodesta, jätin kesken totaalisen vastenmielisyyden lannistamana, kuuntelin parin vinkkarikaveri kehuja, sain kohderyhmältä kiittävän arvion ja ponnistelin loppuun.
En minä silti ymmärrä, miksi tämä on jännittävä - saatika hauska - tai erityisesti pojille? Tai helppolukuinen?
Hiirenkuonoleivissä on kummallisia henkilöitä, aika vaikeaa kieltä ilmaistuna lyhyillä lauseilla, muutama hauska heitto, vähän typerää väkivallanuhkaa ja arvattava juoni.
Yritän nostaa tämän vinkkauksiin ja kysellä lisää, mitä lapset pitävät. Minä sain tästä vain uuden moton: "VIKISEMINEN EI OLE ALISTUMISTA!!"
En minä silti ymmärrä, miksi tämä on jännittävä - saatika hauska - tai erityisesti pojille? Tai helppolukuinen?
Hiirenkuonoleivissä on kummallisia henkilöitä, aika vaikeaa kieltä ilmaistuna lyhyillä lauseilla, muutama hauska heitto, vähän typerää väkivallanuhkaa ja arvattava juoni.
Yritän nostaa tämän vinkkauksiin ja kysellä lisää, mitä lapset pitävät. Minä sain tästä vain uuden moton: "VIKISEMINEN EI OLE ALISTUMISTA!!"
November 3, 2009
When Paul Mouse overhears a customer in a restaurant ordering mouse noses on toast, he assumes it must be a joke. Mouse noses on toast is a myth, isn’t it? But when the waiter asks if that would be with or without whiskers, Paul knows it’s no joke. So begins a laugh-out-loud funny ride involving mouse activists and cheese addicts. Along with his friends— Sandra the Christmas tree ornament, Rowley Barker Hobbs, a shaggy sheepdog, and the Tinby, a sort of monster, Paul Mouse, who’s sadly allergic to cheese, campaigns to bring an end to this disgusting human eating habit.
June 2, 2008
Cute, short, and very witty children's book. However, I'm not really sure it is a good book for children. Far too much of the humor is pitched at adults, or children with a very sophisticated sense of wordplay, puns, and an uncommon knowledge of how the adult world works.
The story is sweet and endearing, however, and I could easily see this book being read to a small child over the course of several nights.
The story is sweet and endearing, however, and I could easily see this book being read to a small child over the course of several nights.
December 31, 2013
This was an odd little book. After reading some of the reviews, I now realize it's written by a Brit, and that could be why I just didn't get the humor in it. I don't always "get" British humor.
I thought it was mostly unfunny, a choppy storyline and the ending was bad. HOWEVER, its one saving grace is the dog. I loved Rowley Barker Hobbs. I liked the Tinby as well, but I felt it was never fleshed out what happened to it.
Overall, the whole story just didn't come together for me.
I thought it was mostly unfunny, a choppy storyline and the ending was bad. HOWEVER, its one saving grace is the dog. I loved Rowley Barker Hobbs. I liked the Tinby as well, but I felt it was never fleshed out what happened to it.
Overall, the whole story just didn't come together for me.
June 25, 2008
I came upon this book when I was trying to fine a present for my young neice last year. Recently my sister-in-law was asking about how I come about finding the books I've gotten her children because they seem to enjoy them so. So I'm reading it to my daughter now and she seems to be enjoying it also.
November 3, 2008
I was hoping for magically weird but it was more look how clever weird. And actually not even all that weird. I remain fond of Tinby. And I am quite fond of fictional mice. However referring to mice as "mouses" throughout started to irritate on the level of store signs that I have driven by that read "Kiddy Korner Kloset" - which my kids know will set me off on a psychotic rant.
October 31, 2011
Paul Mouse gathers a group of mouse activists to uncovers the mystery behind the delicacy known as "Mouse noses on toast" which is served in a fancy human restaurant.
This book was just plain gross and weird.
This book was just plain gross and weird.
October 7, 2012
I still never worked out what the hell the Tinby is? Bizarre fable about protest, animal rights and food consumption. Political satire dressed up as a children's story? Maybe. Cute it certainly is though.
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