Mouse TV

by Matt Novak (Illustrator), Matt Novak

Overview

In this updated version of the popular turn off TV book, the mouse family is up at night, glued to the TV. But there is many a squeaky squabble because all ten mice favor different channels. History, mystery, how-to, where-to, comedy, drama, sports ... This viewer-friendly romp shows how, one night, they all get happy with new favorites they'd hardly imagined.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781453725559
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/1994
Pages:	34
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	480L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Matt Novak has been writing and illustrating picture books for over 20 years.

Among his many titles are A Wish for You, The Everything Machine, Flip Flop Bop, The Pillow War, The Last Christmas Present, and Elmer Blunt's Open House.

His Mouse TV was a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year, and Newt received an IRA Children's Choice Award.

Matt has been a puppeteer, a teacher, and a Disney artist. While at Disney he worked on such films as "Rescuers Down Under" and "Beauty and the Beast."

He and his family now live in Pennsylvania.

Editorial Reviews

``Whenever the mouse family gathered around their TV, they could never agree on what to watch,'' opens an understated text that Novak ( Elmer Blunt's Open House ; The Last Christmas Present ) quickly fleshes out with acrylic paintings amusingly jammed with pleasing particulars. The first illustration--revealing 10 rapt mice around the TV--is followed by 10 pages of paneled art showing sequences from each mouse's favorite channel. Novak uses this structure to parody a range of television fare--including adventure, comedy, mystery, game and how-to shows--and lets kids create their own story lines for the wordless plots. But the clan's preferred pastime is interrupted when the television goes on the blink one night. ``What do we do now?'' asks a baffled Papa, but the answer is quick in coming. The clan plays games, makes crafts, sings, dances and performs experiments. And best of all, when Papa reads to eight tiny mice tucked into one bed, ``there were no commercials.'' Novak's deft humor ensures a subtle delivery of his worthy message. Ages 3-6. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

PreS-Gr 2Comedy, science, history, or mysteryeach member of the mouse family has a different TV favorite. But when the screen goes blank, the ingenious rodents discover the fun of doing rather than watching. Intricate cartoon panels of the shows they watch and the activities they engage in offer lingering viewing pleasure. (Oct. 1994)

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