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Mouse's Halloween
Little Mouse discovers that things are not always as they appear to be on Halloween
32 pages, Library Binding
First published October 1, 1997
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Alan Baker
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October 10, 2015
Mouse and his mother are headed home on Halloween night. He keeps seeing spooky monsters. When his mother tells him to look again he sees his friends. I loved the artwork and the fun shape of the pages. A little too wordy for my toddler, but he wants to read it again.
July 12, 2025
Cute! I liked the unique cut-out pages and play on shapes. The alliteration was amusing too.
August 18, 2008
Most of my children's collection of books can be divided into a handful of categories: Counting and Alphabet books, Owls, Cats, Cartoon Characters, Picture Puzzles and finally Halloween. From the Halloween pile, a current book in our night time rotation is Mouse's Halloween by Alan Baker.
Mouse and his mother are on their way home at twilight to get ready for Halloween. Mouse sees a number of scary monsters along the way but his mother reassures him that he is just imagining them.
The pages at the top are cut in a shape to emphasize what Mouse is seeing. After seeing the monster the following page shows what is really there: usually something mundane like a tree, or another forest animal.
Of course to be a true Halloween story, there has to be a twist. That comes on the very last page is is subtly illustrated. You may not even catch it on the first or second time through the book. When you do spot it, you'll see everything Mouse's mother said along the way home called into question.
My son likes the ambiguity of the ending because he's getting to the age where he prefers a challenging story. My daughter does too but at her age the ending is just magical and the mother mouse just wasn't looking at things the right way.
Mouse and his mother are on their way home at twilight to get ready for Halloween. Mouse sees a number of scary monsters along the way but his mother reassures him that he is just imagining them.
The pages at the top are cut in a shape to emphasize what Mouse is seeing. After seeing the monster the following page shows what is really there: usually something mundane like a tree, or another forest animal.
Of course to be a true Halloween story, there has to be a twist. That comes on the very last page is is subtly illustrated. You may not even catch it on the first or second time through the book. When you do spot it, you'll see everything Mouse's mother said along the way home called into question.
My son likes the ambiguity of the ending because he's getting to the age where he prefers a challenging story. My daughter does too but at her age the ending is just magical and the mother mouse just wasn't looking at things the right way.
November 13, 2011
My daughter (5) and I enjoyed reading this book together.
The drawings are very cute and fairly detailed. The pages are kind of cut out like the shape of a forest or something...not sure but they are not regular sized pages to go with the book.
Mouse is very young and he and his mommy are going home at dusk and he is seeing things and is very frightened but his mother helps him see that his imagination is very active and that some of the things he sees are just their forest friends and nothing to be afraid of. By the end of the book, he feels very brave and happily helps his mother decorate their home for Halloween.
The drawings are very cute and fairly detailed. The pages are kind of cut out like the shape of a forest or something...not sure but they are not regular sized pages to go with the book.
Mouse is very young and he and his mommy are going home at dusk and he is seeing things and is very frightened but his mother helps him see that his imagination is very active and that some of the things he sees are just their forest friends and nothing to be afraid of. By the end of the book, he feels very brave and happily helps his mother decorate their home for Halloween.
December 28, 2011
I'm so glad my little one doesn't scare easily. I have kids come to the library who spook at the littlest things. Sheltered parenting is overrated, lol.
November 6, 2012
Very cute story about overactive imaginations. The kids enjoyed it.
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