- Hardcover: 32 pages
- Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers; 1 edition (July 7 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0689839405
- ISBN-13: 978-0689839405
- Product Dimensions: 25.4 x 26.2 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 499 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,339,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Product Description
Product Description
Horace and Morris (but mostly Dolores) love cheese. To them, Swiss is bliss, Muenster is magnificent, and nothing’s better than cheddar. But everything changes when Dolores develops an allergy to her favorite food. Even worse, a food festival is coming to town, featuring—what else?— cheese! Fortunately, Dolores is one resourceful little mouse. And she comes up with a solution to her problem that is far from cheesy! Once again, the creators of the popular Horace, Morris, and Dolores books tackle a common childhood dilemma with verve and panache.
About the Author
James Howe is the author of over eighty books for young readers, including the modern classic Bunnicula and its highly popular sequels. In 2001, Howe published The Misfits, the story of four outcast seventh-graders who try to end name-calling in their school. The Misfits is now widely read and studied in middle schools throughout the country, and was the inspiration for the national movement known as No Name-Calling Week (www.nonamecallingweek.org ), an event observed by thousands of middle and elementary schools annually. Totally Joe, a companion novel to The Misfits, was published in 2005, and a second companion novel, Addie on the Inside, is being published in 2011. Howe’s many other books for children from preschool through teens frequently deal with the acceptance of difference and being true to oneself.
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Fun to read and fun to look at., Mar 22 2011
By Dan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Horace and Morris Say Cheese (Which Makes Dolores Sneeze!) (Paperback)
I don't think I've ever offered a review here, but we love this book, and I want to offer a different opinion than the review already posted here.
We just borrowed this book from the library for my 2 year old son and he loves it. We borrow about 10 picture-books a week, every week, so he sees many children's books. This has been one of his favorites. It might give you an idea of how my 2 year olds taste runs if I mention he also loves "Bob The Chicken" and "Click Clack Moo". I see a vague similarity between the rhyming/rhythmic text of this book, and the cadence of the text of those other 2 books, but no similarity between the illustration styles.
This is our first exposure to Horace, Morris & Dolores. We'll be checking out the other 2 books as well. The text in this one is lyrical and provides the full story (you don't need to have read the previous 2 books for this one to work), complete with plot and character development, but the book also has a few pages of illustrations without added text so that you and your child can embellish the story together.
I disagree with the other review here that says the pictures are dark and the cartoonish depiction of the characters is problematic since it leaves them unidentifiable as mice. The last page of the book depicts a street fair at night. It looks just like that, and it shows Dolores finding a way to feel that she belongs even if she can't participate as she originally wanted to. That page has 3 words on it and an enormous amount of detail in the image so that you and your child can explore the scene, and talk about the story and the pictures. As to how the characters look, I don't think children have such a strong need to be literal. The characters are very cute and visually engaging, and the illustrations are very accessible for the very young. For example, the style of the drawings is reminiscent of how a child might try to draw and the colors are just a shade away from primary.
I read somewhere that picture books are a child's first exposure to art, so you should choose books with great illustrations for your kids. I think this book qualifies on that score. It's also fun to read and conveys a good message without being condescending.
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