Mole in a Hole

by Rita Golden Gelman

Little Mr. Mole is lonely as only a mole can be. He prefers his cozy, dark hole under an apple tree to the bright outdoors. But try as he might to have friends over, he finds that his hole is not well suited to the frog, the bee, and the mouse. Poor Mr. Mole is a lonely old soul -- until he finds . . . Ms. Mole

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books

27 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

A lonely mole tries to make friends, but they cannot handle the dim little hole in which he lives. Fortunately, he finds someone who doesn't mind the dark.

It's almost cute with it's lively little rhymes and number countdown -- I know my daughter enjoyed it when she was three -- but I can't get behind a moral that could be summed up as "Stick with your own kind."

[Rheathebookwormdreamergirl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This books is super cute! Love the rhymes!

[Jenna Arntz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great story. I loved that the sentences had pictures in some places instead of words. I feel like that makes the book more exciting to a young reader. This was a pretty short book, but I feel like it is a good transitional chapter book for someone who is just starting out beyond picture books. I would probably recommend this book to a third or fourth grade student.

[Briez Hurt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the creativeness of how this book was made. This book is a great way to introduce young children to learning how to read. At least one word in each sentence of the book is replaced with an image of what the word is. For example "But the *picture of frog* could not see." The student would read the sentence and know it means to say frog. Almost all the animals in the book are used this way in sentences. Many children can identify animals before they can identify the word for the animal so I could see this being great encouragement for the child to keep reading.

[Ryan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was greatly surprised how much I liked this book. Most easy readers are meant to practice reading, and don’t really look at telling a good story. That is not the case here. This is a rebus reader (meaning some of the words are replaced by pictures). It rhymes, and has a fully flushed cadence that never skips a beat. The illustrations feel like they are from 2000, but it doesn’t matter, the story does not age (only the book cover).

[Melissa Namba · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute story about how moles don't like light and many other creatures do, making them incompatible. Its a Level 1 book with the illustrations for the words, but it might be a little wordy for a younger sibling of a level 1 reader.

[Mccall · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lennon loves this book! On each page, there is a picture in place of a word, which keeps him really engaged as an early reader.

[KaitandMaddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Apparently Kait really likes this one.

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mole invites friends to his hole but they cannot see the lovely dinner he has made them. One by one they leave and he goes out to find a new friend.

This story is cute and easy, using illustrations (by Holly Hannon) that help early readers with harder words.

The only thing I didn't like is his friends gave up on him since he was different. The end brought them together, but still did not enforce friends can be different and still get along.

[Christian · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was silly.

[Child960801]

Emmet likes this one. A cute little rhyme.

[Michelle Couey · Rating 4 out of 5]

very good. Loved the countdown using animals leaving the hole and end of sentences with pictures in place of the word, all ryming. really catchy and a page turner:)rated at a skill level 2

[The Un-Martha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a cute book! I say Awwwwwww at the end of reading it every time. It's a great way to introduce following along in the book and it's just really adorable little story. :)

[Mellanie C · Rating 4 out of 5]

I registered a book at BookCrossing.com!
http://www.BookCrossing.com/journal/12883935