Babymouse: Our Hero!
Babymouse: Our Hero!
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Random House
Just the Series: Babymouse Vol. 2   

Series and Publisher: Babymouse   

Annotation: An imaginative young mouse is terrified to face her enemy in dodgeball, but with the help of her best friend and support from her mother, she not only plays the game, she proves herself a hero.
 
Reviews: 4
Catalog Number: #226390
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
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Special Formats: Graphic Novel Graphic Novel
Publisher: Random House
Copyright Date: 2005
Edition Date: 2005 Release Date: 12/27/05
Pages: 91 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-375-83230-0 Perma-Bound: 0-605-02601-7
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-375-83230-7 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-02601-8
Dewey: Fic
LCCN: 2004051169
Dimensions: 18 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
ALA Booklist (Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2005)

This energetic comic by a brother-sister team (Jennifer's Our Only May Amelia was a Newbery Honor Book) introduces Babymouse, a young rodent possessed of an admirably gender-bending array of interests and plagued by typical school traumas. The main confrontation takes place on the harrowing battlefield known as the dodgeball court, the site of an earlier trauma for Babymouse. At the end of a furious match, arrogant class idol Felicia Furrypaws (a cat, of course) gets a satisfying comeuppance and Babymouse faces her fears. Free-wheeling pink-toned illustrations admirably catch all the action.

Horn Book (Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 CST 2006)

Living in a Walter Mitty–like dream world, sassy, smart Babymouse--the heroine of these graphic novels for young readers--faces daily challenges (missing the bus, dodgeball, popularity). Each challenge brings its own accompanying daydream, rich in pink hues and dramatic overtones. New readers will appreciate the familiar situations, humorous asides, and easy-to-digest plots; the graphic format is easy to follow.

Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

Jennifer Holm (<EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">Our Only May Amelia) and her brother Matthew Holm, a graphic designer, make an incursion on <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">Captain Underpants territory with these comic books about a girl mouse. Both tales share eye-grabbing black-and-pink graphics, and a perceptible Spiegelman influence simmers in the energetic ink illustrations of the dot-eyed heroine. <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">Queen of the World! introduces Babymouse and her nemesis, a popular cat named Felicia Furrypaws. Babymouse desperately wants an invitation to Felicia's slumber party (which she feels could confer "queen" status), although her best friend Wilson the Weasel expects her to watch monster movies with him that night. Fantasy sequences testify to Babymouse's reading habit and active imagination: in one reverie, she's Babymouserella, transformed into a princess by "fairy godweasel" Wilson, but undone by Felicia on the way to the ball ("In 'Cinderella,' the mouse pulls the carriage. Duh!"). A sequel, <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">Our Hero, centers on a gym class where unathletic Babymouse faces dodgeball whiz Felicia. Before the competition, Babymouse daydreams of boot camp, stomps on her antagonist as "Babymousezilla" and indulges in a Peter Pan sequence where a combined Felicia-Hook makes her walk the plank into the jaws of a crocodile (who doubles as the gym teacher). The Holms make humorous allusions to novels and movies, and interject sympathetic remarks from an offstage narrator. This personable, self-conscious mouse, with her penchant for pink hearts, resembles Kevin Henkes's Lilly, with some extra years of grade-school experience. Ages 7-10. <EMPHASIS TYPE=""ITALIC"">(Dec.)

School Library Journal

HOLM, Jennifer L. & Matthew Holm . Babymouse: Queen of the World! ISBN 0-375-93229-1 ; ISBN 0-375-83229-7 . LC 2004051166. ea vol: illus. by authors. 91p. CIP. Random 2005. PLB $12.99; pap. $5.95. Gr 2-5 Several things are clear about Babymouse, as evidenced from the cover artshes adorable and she loves pink. Luckily, as further pages reveal, she is also smart, spunky, and a tad sarcastic. In Our Hero , Babymouse must face her greatest feardodgeball. Felicia Furrypaws has the quickest throw in school and targets a certain mouse. Babymouse must also tackle her second fear, math. In Queen , she tries everything she can think of to get an invitation to Felicia Furrypawss slumber party. Meanwhile, she avoids her mouse-eating locker, dreams of being a queen (whose idea of luxury is a plateful of books), and solves a mystery. Finally, handing over her homework results in the coveted invitation, but the party doesnt turn out as she had hoped. In both books, the hilarious black-and-white illustrations are splashed with pink. Babymouse has a distinct voice and is a real charmer. Sadie Mattox, DeKalb County Public Library, Decatur, GA

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Publishers Weekly (Fri Oct 06 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
School Library Journal
Word Count: 1,399
Reading Level: 2.0
Interest Level: 3-6
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 2.0 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 104175 / grade: Lower Grades
Lexile: GN410L
Guided Reading Level: Q
Fountas & Pinnell: Q

Meet Babymouse--the spunky mouse beloved by young readers for more than a decade! Babymouse faces her biggest challenge yet—the annual school dodgeball tournament. Will she be able to dodge her way to victory? This groundbreaking young graphic novel series, full of humor and fun, is a bestseller that’s sold more than three million copies!
 
"Move over, Superman, here comes Babymouse!"—The Chicago Sun-Times

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a... Babymouse? School is a constant battle between good (Babymouse), evil (Felicia Furrpaws), and more evil (gym class!). Can things get any worse? Yup. Because it’s time for the annual dodgeball tournament. What’s a mouse to do? Don’t miss the excitement in Our Hero—the 2nd hilarious, action-packed installment of the beloved Babymouse graphic novel series!

DON'T MISS The BIG Adventures of Babymouse: Once Upon a Messy Whisker, the newest, brightest, and BIGGER THAN EVER graphic novel from BABYMOUSE!


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