Mouse Magic

by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Kit the mouse and the Wizard experiment with colors, finding that some colors vibrate when placed next to each other, in the sequel to Mouse Paint which includes a color wheel and explanations of complementary colors.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Magic, Fiction

32 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2000

About the author

Ellen is the daughter of Joseph Adolphus (a businessman) and Nell (Orum) Stoll; married David Albert Walsh (a professor), August 25, 1964; children: Benjamin Martin. She was educated at Maryland Institute of Art, B.F.A., 1964; attended University of Minnesota, 1966-69.
She lives in upstate New York.

Reviews

[Kelly Holmes · Rating 1 out of 5]

I loved Mouse Paint by this author and also enjoyed Mouse Count, but this book didn't work for my family. It feels like work to read the text--it's too long and pretty much all dialog. And I'm still not sure which character is which--is the mouse "Kit" or is the mouse the wizard?

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wizard the crow and Kit the mouse explore color magic. They mix primary colors to make secondary colors, and then pair the secondary colors with their complementary colors. Perfect for any budding artist.

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun book about the magic of color. My 2 year old and 4 year never get tired of this book.

[Melina Kinder · Rating 2 out of 5]

Neat illusions but I think the story is lacking.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

Kit and the Wizard experiment with colors, finding that some colors vibrate when placed next to each other.

Primary colors, mixing colors, optical illusions.

[Rachel Ziebell · Rating 3 out of 5]

My kids enjoy mouse paint a lot more. The 3&4 year olds didn't interact with this one.

[Angie Helgeson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really engadged the 4 year old! she got orange but needs work on the purple - to be fair we read it at night and it was dark.

[Alnora]

This book is great to learn about different colors and it even includes a color wheel. I did have a hard identifying the "magic" in the pictures though, like seeing the shapes move. Still, great one to incorporate in an art class.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

35 months - not nearly as well written as Mouse Paint. On the plus side it's the only book I've seen so far that talks about complimentary colors and the movement that can be created when thy are placed next to each other.

[Rachel Yingling · Rating 2 out of 5]

The mouse in this book has a friend that is a wizard who says he can do magic with colors. The mouse lets him and gets excited by everything the wizard does with the colors and wants to try it himself. This book teaches readers about colors and what they can do when mixed up.

[Guen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The moving patterns didn't work for me or my 6-year-old son. My 3-year-old daughter said they worked for her though. Maybe? I liked the last page best where it describes primary, secondary, tertiary, and complementary colors.

[Beverly · Rating 4 out of 5]

More cut-paper collage magic from Ellen S Walsh in a story about primary and secondary colors.

[Michelle Farella · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not as good as the others in the mouse series :-/