Mice Are Nice

by Charles Ghigna

Mice are gentle.
Mice are sweet.
Mice have tiny hands
And feet.

These are just three of the reasons why mice are nice. It is indisputable that mice make the best pets of all. The other pets in Babette's pet store will drop feathers everywhere, growl, hide inside their shells, chew your favorite socks, and maybe even make you sneeze! So it's clear that mice are the only pet you will ever need! With its rhyming text and romping animal fun, kids will eagerly tackle this Step into Reading® Step 1 book by award-winning author Charles Ghigna will be grabbed up by kids everywhere.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals, Pets

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Charles Ghigna - Father Goose® lives in a treehouse in the middle of Alabama. He is the author of more than 100 books from Random House, Disney, Scholastic, Simon & Schuster, Time Inc. and other publishers. He has written more than 5,000 poems for children and adults that have appeared in anthologies, newspapers and magazines ranging from The New Yorker and Harper’s to Highlights and Cricket magazines. He served as poet-in-residence and chair of creative writing at the Alabama School of Fine Arts, instructor of creative writing at Samford University, poetry editor of English Journal for the National Council of Teachers of English, and as a nationally syndicated poetry feature writer for Tribune Media Services. He speaks at schools, conferences, libraries, and literary events throughout the U.S. and overseas, and has read his poems at The Library of Congress, The John F. Kennedy Center, American Library in Paris, American School in Paris, and the International Schools of South America. For more information, visit his website at FatherGoose.com

Reviews

[Rod Brown]

A mouse in a pet shop runs through the qualities of the other animals in a pet shop as he pushes his pro-mice agenda on potential pet adopters.

My daughter liked the peppy rhymes and all the puppies, cats, and other critters scattered through the pages when she was three, but I was not persuaded to like mice or this book.

[Marisa Severin]

Ideal for young readers. The fonts are big and the images are vivid. It contains lots of rhyming words and the sentences are simple.

[Raven Howell]

My kids and I loved sharing this book together. Ghigna, AKA Father Goose is one of the best!

[Nichole]

Cute book to get kids to consider mice as pets and not just a lot of the other standards.

[Heather]

This is a sweet rhyming story with beautiful illustrations!

[Addie]

This was a cute book that made us smile and chuckle.

[KaitandMaddie]

A mouse wrote this book.

[Alison]

GReat book to introduce persuasive text to a classroom. The rhyming words and simple illustrations make the book a fun and easy read for a second or third grade classroom. This book could be used for either an independent read or a read aloud. I personally would use this book for an example of persuasive text, and have the students write a persuasive story following this read aloud.

[Raji Anand]

I have never felt that Mice are nice to be pets. However when it comes to reading books, "Mice are nice" seems to be my son's most favorite book. Everyday he would want me to read at least twice or thrice to him. The reason for his liking could possibly be rhyming words, the colorful pictures of the various pets and of course the wonderful illustration.

[Kelsey Nauert]

A book to persuade you why mice make the best pets and why other animals do not. This book would be good to read if you were to get a mouse as a class pet. You could also explain that the other animals are ok to have as pets but the author thinks mice are the best pets.

[Kirsten Kirk]

This is the cutest mouse ever!
I loved this book!

[Theresa]

Mice Are Nice
Ghigna, Charles *
persuasive arguments, sound blends work

[Felicity The Magnificent]

There can be so many kinds of pets. But if you want the best pet, then the best pen will be the mice. Because they are soft and rush to places. - by Felicity

[Christie]

Good early reader book with fun rhyming.

[Travis]

Loved it!

[Monica Lukudu]

This book tells you the reason why to buy a pet mouse. very cute to read to your children

[Quinn]

This book is nice
But more books about pets are unneeded