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Quiet As a Mouse

Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley
Mouse Mess
by Linnea Riley

Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A hungry mouse leaves a huge mess when it goes in search of a snack.

Song

Three Blind Mice

[Available in Little Folk Visuals Nursery Rhymes Set #1 or the Complete Set.]

Three blind mice,
Three blind mice
See how they run,
See how they run!

They all ran after
The farmer's wife
She cut off their tails
With a carving knife
Did you ever see
Such a sight in your life
As three blind mice?

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Relating the cycle of requests a mouse is likely to make after you give him a cookie takes the reader through a young boy's day.

Flannel Board

Hickory Dickory Dock

[Available in Little Folk Visuals Nursery Rhymes Set #1 or the Complete Set.]

Hickory Dickory dock,
The mouse ran up the clock,
The clock struck one
The mouse ran down,
Hickory Dickory dock.

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Mouse Paint
by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: Three white mice discover jars of red, blue, and yellow paint and explore the world of color.
Note: I use the Mouse Paint flannel board set from Artfelt to accompany this story. Preload the colored mice in three corresponding cups to surprise the kids (and a few parents).

Song

Boing! Boing! Squeak!

Boingl Boing! Squeak!
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
A bouncing mouse is in my house,
It's been here for a week.
It bounces on the sofa,
On the table and the bed,
Up the stairs and on the chairs,
And even on my head.
That mouse continues bouncing.
Every minute of the day.
It bounces, bounces, bounces,
But it doesn't bounce away!
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
Boing! Boing! Squeak!
A bouncing mouse is in my house,
It's been here for a week.

Busy, Busy Mouse by Virginia Kroll
Busy, Busy Mouse
by Virginia Kroll
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: A mouse rests during the day while the family he lives with is very busy, but when they go to sleep he is the one who has much to do.
The Mouse Who Ate Bananas  by Keith Faulkner
The Mouse Who Ate Bananas
by Keith Faulkner
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: The mouse eats bananas and throws the peel over his shoulder. Along come elephant, rhino, lion, and giraffe who all slip on the peel.

Song

The Tiny Mice Are Creeping

The tiny mice are creeping,
Shhhh, shhhh, shhhh.
The tiny mice are creeping,
Shhhh, shhhh, shhhh.
They do not make a sound
as their feet touch the ground.
The tiny mice are creeping,
Shhhh, shhhh, shhhh.

Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett
Town Mouse Country Mouse
by Jan Brett
Age Level: Preschool and up
Synopsis: After trading houses, the country mice and the town mice discover there's no place like home.
Note: Artfelt has a The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse felt puppet set.
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Woods
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear
by Audrey Woods
Age Level: Toddler and up
Synopsis: The Big Hungry Bear is the story of a little mouse and you (you are the only one who speaks). What you try to do is trick the mouse into sharing his 'red, ripe strawberry' with you by making him think 'a big hungry bear' is chasing him, wanting to take it away.

Films

Chrysanthemum and More Kevin Henkes Stories
Chrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes

Running Time:
15 minutes
Synopsis: A little mouse thinks her name is absolutely perfect until she starts school and all the kids start to make fun of her except for Mrs. Twinkle, the music teacher, who thinks Chrysanthemum's name is absolutely perfect too!
Chrysanthemum and More Kevin Henkes Stories

Owen
by Kevin Henkes

Age Level: Pre-K-2
Running time: 13 minutes

Synopsis: A story of a little mouse named Owen who is entirely devoted to his yellow blanket that he calls Fuzzy.

Chrysanthemum and More Kevin Henkes Stories
The Weekend with Wendell
by Kevin Henkes

Age Level: Pre-K-2
Running Time: 9 minutes
Synopsis: Spending a weekend with Wendell is anything but fun and games until Sophie asserts herself and shows Wendell that sometimes, she has to be boss too.
Swimmy... and More Classic Leo Lionni Stories
Frederick
by Leo Lionni

Age Level: Pre-K-2
Synopsis: Frederick, the poet mouse, stores up something special for the long cold winter.

More Books to Read On Your Own

Mouse Count
by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Age Level:
Toddler and up
Synopsis: Ten mice outsmart a hungry snake.
Note: Artfelt has a Mouse Count felt puppet set.

Mice Squeak, We Speak
by Tomie dePaola
Age Level:
Toddler and up
Synopsis: Illustrations and simple text describe the ways various animals communicate, such as "Owls hoot," "Pigs squeal," and "Bees buzz."

Chrysanthemum
by Kevin Henkes
Age Level: Advanced Preschool and up
Synopsis: Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

Owen
by Kevin Henkes

Age Level: Pre-K-2
Synopsis: A story of a little mouse named Owen who is entirely devoted to his yellow blanket that he calls Fuzzy.

The Weekend with Wendell
by Kevin Henkes

Age Level: Pre-K-2
Synopsis: Spending a weekend with Wendell is anything but fun and games until Sophie asserts herself and shows Wendell that sometimes, she has to be boss too.


More Songs for at Home

Little Mouse

Here comes a little mouse.
El raton
[Make fingers creep up arm.]
Va a casa.
Run back home!
[Turn in circle, or have children run in circle
and comeback to original place.]

Little Mousie

Here's a little mousie,
Peeking through a hole,
[Poke index finger of one hand through fist of the other hand.]
Peek to the left,
[Wiggle finger to the left.]
Peek to the right,
[Wiggle finger to the right.]
Pull your head back in,
[Pull finger into fist.]
There's a cat in sight!


 

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Busy, Busy Mouse by Virginia Kroll

Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh

The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Woods

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

The Mouse Who Ate Bananas  by Keith Faulkner

Mouse Mess by Linnea Riley

Town Mouse Country Mouse by Jan Brett

Folkmanis White Mouse Finger Puppet

Folkmanis White Mouse Hand Puppet

Folkmanis Field Mouse Finger Puppet

Folkmanis Brown Mouse Hand Puppet



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