Citation:
Holm, Jennifer L. & Matthew Holm. BabyMouse: Queen of the World! v. 1. New York: Random House, 2005.
ISBN: 9780375932298
Plot Summary:
BabyMouse is convinced that having certain things in her life would make her happier! Forget cupcakes and monster movies! BabyMouse wants to go to the most popular girl's slumber party. Surely, spending the night at Felicia Furrypaws' house will be the cat's meow. But how will she get there? Will it be everything she hoped for? BabyMouse figures out what makes her queen of her world in this debut of the series.
Critical Analysis:
The Holms' series opener of BabyMouse is charming. BabyMouse herself is relate able to the target audience. She goes to class, has homework, likes to read and eat cupcakes! BabyMouse has a spunky imagination which takes her to space and the wild west. Readers will have a fun time following BabyMouse wherever her imagination takes her. The plot is simple and easy to follow. In the same way that the character of BabyMouse is relate able, so is her main plot issue of wanting to go to the popular girl's party. Slumber parties are a rite of passage that all young readers will understand. BabyMouse's setting mimics that of a regular young girl. She has a little brother who annoys her, parents and teachers who expect her to be on time and finish her homework and a love for cupcakes. All of these things will make BabyMouse interesting and fun for young readers.
The typical audience for this series will be young girls. Graphic novels readers are typically males, it's nice to have a fun offering for girls!
Review Excerpts
School Library Journal: "Several things are clear about Babymouse, as evidenced from the cover art–she’s adorable and she loves pink. Luckily, as further pages reveal, she is also smart, spunky, and a tad sarcastic."
BookList: "The Holms spruce up some well-trod ground with breathless pacing and clever flights of Babymouse's imagination, and their manic, pink-toned illustrations of Babymouse and her cohorts vigorously reflect the internal life of any million-ideas-a-minute middle-school student."
Connections:
*Explore the next book in the series:
BabyMouse: Our Hero
ISBN: 9780375832307
*A similar character for the younger crowd: Kevin Henke's Lilly
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
ISBN: 9780688128982
Lilly's Big Day
ISBN: 9780060742362
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