Mouse Paint Board Book

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It could have been a bit more FUN for my taste but she has requested it three nights in a row so who am I to argue! Walsh's cut-paper collage illustrations have bold colors and just the right simplicity for the storyline. The story is cute, the illustrations are bright and fun and we laughed when we saw that the mice took a bath in the cat's water dish.

For when in Mouse Paint the three mice start playing with and in the paint jars and become colourful and thus no longer white, the cat is then not shown by Stoll Walsh as suddenly noticing and trying to chase the mice, the cat just seems to totally disappear, leaving kind of an annoying textual thread going nowhere (which does not really bother my inner child all that much but certainly is a bit frustrating to and for my adult reading self).

I thought it was a little confusing because the of pictures displayed and the mice jumping in the puddles could be misleading to young kiddos. Good story to read aloud with children, especially if you can engage them to guess what colors come next. and therefore making Mouse Paint / Pintura de raton a simple and wonderful dual language book (and also a book that in my opinion would also work very well for introducing colours in elementary level Spanish language courses).

An engaging story about some mice playing with paints and trying to stay away from a cat at the same time.As an art teacher, I have read this book to hundreds of kindergartners over the years before teaching primary and secondary color theory.

I think the earlier you can interest small children in reading the better; books like this are the perfect to transition from being read to to reading on your own. We've read this one a couple of times and our youngest was very proud that she could read it all by herself. There is a misleading introduction at the start of a cat, suggesting that it will present some threat or action which never takes place.Finally, they wash themselves clean (in the cat's water bowl) and paint the paper with all the available colors -- except for a section of white where they can hide from the cat. They first dive into the paint to color themselves, then splash in paint puddles and discover that primary colors, when combined, make new colors. I like this book because of its simplicity, sometimes there are some concept books who are good teaching a subject but are way to complex so what is good about this book is that it uses white mice as the main focus and then has them dip in and mix paint to make new shades of colors. This playful, lucidly-written fantasy about three mice will entertain and amuse young readers while introducing them to a bit of color theory. The intense levels of pigmentation used for all the paint bases gives an incredible depth of colour, whichever format you prefer using.

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.Perfect for fans of Lois Ehlert and Press Here, this charming board book gently explores the world of color and celebrates the joy of creativity.