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I received an advanced reader's copy of Bless This Mouse by Lois Lowry back in early January. I am appalled at how long it has taken me to get to this wonderful book, but shortly after receiving the galley, I had two surgeries. The galley got pushed aside in all the recovery and follow up.
Summary: Bless This Mouse tells the story of a group of church mice, led by Mouse Mistress Hildegarde and their efforts to avoid The Big X. Hildegarde is responsible for keeping all 200 plus mice who live at St ...more
Summary: Bless This Mouse tells the story of a group of church mice, led by Mouse Mistress Hildegarde and their efforts to avoid The Big X. Hildegarde is responsible for keeping all 200 plus mice who live at St ...more
Hildegarde is the Mouse Mistress of St. Bartholemew's and it's a BIG job; she is charged with the mission of protecting 219 church mice! When multiple mice are sighted around the church, Father Murphy calls the exterminator and Hildegarde organizes a mass exodus to ensure the mice community's safety and security. Her plan works, but then the mice must figure out how to avoid all the traps which are made of glue and mean certain death by starvation if they are caught. Again Hildegarde comes up wi
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Mouse Mistress Hildegarde is concerned with her mice charges that live in the church. Some of them are simply having too many litters too often, and others have become careless about hiding when humans are around. Because of the fact that some of the parishioners have sighted mice at various times, she knows that soon an exterminator will arrive to get rid of them. The mice move outside for awhile so that none of them will be killed, and then move back in just in time for the Blessing of the Ani
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The churchfolk think one or two mice live in their church, but the population has now grown to over 200. It takes a well-organized mouse to keep charge of such a community, and Mouse Mistress Hildegarde is just such a mouse. Ruling with great efficiency she is able to keep their existence a secret until some unruly baby mice alert the church to believe that maybe they have a bigger problem than they thought. What will the colony do now that the Great X is about to happen? Will Mouse Mistress Hil
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good story. Hildegarde is Mouse Mistress and has the job of keeping the mice in the church safe. This requires cooperation on the part of the mice and some yelling at mice to stop reproducing! Lucretia thinks she would be a better Mouse Mistress and tries to undermine Hildegarde. When the Great X (exterminator) comes the mice need to be brave; they cleverly thwart the Great X, and Lucretia gets her comeuppance.
Nov 12, 2011
Alyson (Kid Lit Frenzy)
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The language of this book, while appropriate to the story, would make this a better read aloud for younger students. I tend to not be a big fan of talking mice or well any animals - but this is a sweet story and many children tend to like animal stories.
Jun 12, 2011
Jess Gill
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a sweet book about a group of church mice facing several grave problems (at least in the world of mice). i thought throughout reading this story about recommending it to the librarian at my son's Catholic school, given the setting and the many references (St. Francis, blessing of the pets). nicely done illustrations.
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Cute ending - I have a hard time getting into books with animals as the main characters
Apr 02, 2011
Caren
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A group of mice live in a church, named St. Bartholemew's. When they discover that the Father has ordered for pest control to come in, Hildegard, the mouse mistress, leads an "Exodus" of the mice outside.
Lucritia: a fat mouse who wants to be the head mistress.
Roderick: Hildegard's helper.
Ignatious: an older mouse who is a scholar.
At the end, they watch the church people bring all their animals to be blessed by the priest. Hildegard dresses herself and walks down the aisle to be blessed by the pr ...more
Lucritia: a fat mouse who wants to be the head mistress.
Roderick: Hildegard's helper.
Ignatious: an older mouse who is a scholar.
At the end, they watch the church people bring all their animals to be blessed by the priest. Hildegard dresses herself and walks down the aisle to be blessed by the pr ...more
An easy little read with some Catholic church vocabulary.
Really enjoyed this book. Church mice confronting threats of exterminators and the Blessing of the Animals is a really cute and unique plot. This book would be fun to read aloud as a family.
What a sweet, sweet story. The audio version was wonderful with many great mousy voices.
There is a lot of harder vocabulary in this short, sweet read, perhaps making it a better read aloud. A lot of vocabulary is connected to Christian church terms, practices, and traditions - readers may need support with this.
There is a lot of harder vocabulary in this short, sweet read, perhaps making it a better read aloud. A lot of vocabulary is connected to Christian church terms, practices, and traditions - readers may need support with this.
Hildegarde has a thankless job keeping the mice of Saint Bartholemew’s safe – from parishioners, cats, and the Great X – but fortunately she discovers true friends as the mice dodge each danger. With appealing illustrations and plenty of humor, this story is meant for young animal lovers.
I read this by audio CD--very well done! I enjoyed this book much more than I expected! The mice characters were so well delineated. I just think of this as a precious book--just a perfect read for young chapter book readers love animals and tend to personify them.
This was a sweet chapter book about church mice. It was kind of fun because I was reading it within a week of reading about the churches in our community that celebrate Blessing of Beasts as depicted in the book. We have several that do that around here.
I am a sucker for a great mouse story and this one didn't disappoint.
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Apr 10, 2011
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Aug 14, 2011
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