Little Tiger Press Molly And The Storm

Molly and the mice are caught in a storm. The other animals offer shelter but their nests are too high, too small or too crowded. At last the mice find a safe place, but Molly can't settle. She is worried about their friends. So she sets off into the storm to find them. Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal PreSchool-K-On a spring day, Mouse Molly and her siblings go outside to play and are caught in a storm. They turn down offers of refuge from a squirrel, a harvest mouse, and a group of rabbits, before Mother finds them and leads them to shelter in a hollow tree. When they are safe and dry, Molly worries about her new meadow friends. She ventures out into the storm, finds the animals displaced (there is no explanation of what happened to their homes), and offers them refuge in the tree. In the morning, they awake to find a rainbow, which Harvest Mouse tells Molly is "a special present for saving us." Hansen's beautiful watercolor illustrations are visions of spring, done on a perfect mix of single pages and spreads, and her cartoon animals are large and expressive. Unfortunately, the plot is implausible and didactic, and the story presents a sugarcoated message about taking care of friends. Realistic tales about animal homes in nature that are more informative and comforting include Jim Arnosky's Rabbits and Raindrops (Putnam, 1997), Nancy Tafuri's I Love You, Little One (Scholastic, 1997), and Lydia Dabcovich's Sleepy Bear (Dutton, 1993). Laura Scott, Farmington Community Library, MI Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review "Sequel to THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS: "Will capture the imagination of any child...truly enchanting." PRACTICAL PRE-SCHOOL --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.