Mr. Postmouse's Rounds - Hardcover

Dubuc, Marianne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1771385723 ISBN 13: 9781771385725

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2015

Synopsis

In this bustling picture book, Mr. Postmouse carefully loads up his wagon and sets off to make the day's mail deliveries to all the animals on his route. Via cross-section drawings, readers get to peer inside each home Mr. Postmouse stops at, and every one is different, depending on the animals who live there. For example, there's a hole in the middle of the kitchen floor of the Rabbits' home that leads underground to where they sleep and eat. Mr. Snake's superlong home has heat lamps throughout its length. The Birds live in a tree house, and Mrs. Octopus in a sunken shipwreck. Mr. Bear's house has a beehive on the roof with an attached pipe that brings honey straight into the kitchen. Furnishings in Mrs. Fly's home are stuck to the ceiling. Award-winning author and illustrator Marianne Dubuc is a master at clever, specific details in her drawings to bring each fully imagined animal and dwelling to life on the page. Though more whimsical and tongue-in-cheek than true, this is a terrific book for teaching children about the characteristics and diversity of animal life, including their habitats, their needs, how they live and what they eat. And it's also loads of fun. With so much going on across every spread, children will love poring over the pages on their own, discovering something new every time. Children are also likely to be inspired to create their own made-up stories about what activities are going on in each of the animal's homes in the book.

About this title

About the Author:

Marianne Dubuc wrote and illustrated In Front of My House, which was nominated for the 2011 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and La Mer, which received a 2008 Prix LUX/Grafika prize. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Marianne Dubuc wrote and illustrated In Front of My House, which was nominated for the 2011 Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award and La Mer, which received a 2008 Prix LUX/Grafika prize. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

From School Library Journal:

PreS-Gr 2—Who will deliver Mrs. Turtle's new roller skates? Who could possibly be brave enough to swim past a shark and deliver a package to a clownfish? A family of stinky skunks needs their air freshener, but how will it ever reach them? Mr. Postmouse, of course! Follow Mr. Postmouse as he delivers the mail: all the way from the post office, through the forest village, past the dragon's den, to the tip-top of a mountain and back again. Filled with thoughtful, clever details and whimsical, folksy illustrations, Mr. Postmouse's Rounds will delight older and younger readers alike as they peer into imaginative cut-away views of the underground world of rabbits, turtles, dragons, bats, penguins, and other animal friends. Best of all, there's a surprise for Mr. Postmouse when he returns home at the end of the story. Imaginations will feast on the lively vignettes and playful personalities of these creatures and their special residences. While the text remains minimal and easy to follow, the main draw is the artwork, which will have independent readers poring over page after page of visual glee. Simple text and highly detailed illustrations are interwoven to create scenes that will spark discussions, fostering vocabulary development and narrative skills. VERDICT Delightful and charming characters at every turn make this an exceptional addition to any picture book collection.—Natalie Braham, Denver Public Library

About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1771385723
• ISBN 13: 9781771385725
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Dubuc Marianne