Little Mouse's Trail Tale

Written by JoAnn Vandine

Illustrated by John Burge & Laurie Sharpe

Little Mouse's Trail Tale, is a cute book about the journey a mouse makes each night to find his dinner. The mouse has a standard routine of taking the same path, leading him to the same place each night. This works wonderfully for him until one night the homeowner sets a mousetrap to catch him. The mouse returns back to his home hungry. After deciding on a different path, the mouse tries again and finds a note from the homeowner's son leading him to a cage with food and a blanket waiting for him.

This book is great for pre-k or kindergarten classroom. I would use this to help the class recognize patterns and repetition in the story (the path the mouse takes each night). It has won no awards.