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Title: Survival, bravery, teamwork!
Review: This original picture storybook is bursting with typical Steven Kellogg illustrations. The text and the engaging illustrations work together to present a classic tale. The layout is characterized by full page and many double-paged spreads which allow Kellogg to fill both pages with cute mice and appealing scenery. Some pages show the perspective of the mice in the hole juxtaposed with the tall stairs for people in the house. The sailing ship and the mice on the island show life size mice and the skog who is a similar size. The colors are watercolor and muted. Children have loved this story and the mice in it for over forty years. It is a beautiful tale of survival, bravery, team-work and getting along with others different from oneself.
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