Mouse and Mole, a perfect Halloween / written and illustrated by Wong Herbert Yee.

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Share another vibrant autumn season with Mouse and Mole in the sixth installment of this Geisel Honor Award-winning series."Eeny, meeny, miny, mumpkin --Which of you will be my pumpkin?" Mouse likes Halloween.

In fact, Mouse loves Halloween. And with only a few days to go before the big day, Mouse has lots of preparations to make. There are decorations to hang up and pumpkins to carve -- especially for the big pumpkin-carving contest! Mole does not like Halloween nearly as much. It is scary. It is creepy. And who left that broom on the front step? Thankfully a pumpkin-carving contest is not too scary.

But the pumpkin-carving contest is just the beginning of Mouse and Mole's Halloween adventures. What's Mouse to do when her best friend has turned into a big Scaredy-Mole?

Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Award Winner Wong Herbert Yee is a master of combining text and illustration for this age group. His onomatopoeic language paired with his vibrantly stylized illustrations make for an early reader series that is both artful and accessible.

Author Notes

Wong Herbert Yee has written many books for children, including stories about Fireman Small. This is his sixth book about Mouse and Mole. He lives in Michigan with his family.

Reviews (3)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 2-Mouse and Mole are together again, setting an example for firm friendship. Together they prepare for a pumpkin-carving contest, decorate their corner of the forest, and gather the courage to trick-or-treat. Typical for this genre, Yee's characters represent opposites to support inferences about the complementary nature of friendship. But the author goes well beyond this with Mouse and Mole; his stories consistently celebrate the creative spirit and promote purposeful problem solving as well. The brilliance in A Perfect Halloween is Yee's use of rhetorical devices in the narrative. Mouse's story-within-a-story reveals the characters' ambivalence toward a spooky holiday and introduces readers to the idea that literature can reveal unarticulated truths. Idioms throughout the narrative encourage youngsters to think metaphorically. The author's use of onomatopoeia is inventive; TAP-TAP-TAP can be both a knock at the door or a thump to test the ripeness of a pumpkin. Mole's dream of being chased by a skeleton, "Clickety-clack-clack.YIKES!" foreshadows his bumping into the skeleton later: "Clickety-clack.SMACK.YIKES!" And Mole's concern that other contestants may steal his jack-o-lantern idea offers a parallel to Mouse's bad dream that they will all be alike. Yee's charming watercolor illustrations create a cohesive whole. A perfect selection any time of year.-Lisa Egly Lehmuller, St. Patrick's Catholic School, Charlotte, NC (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

In their sixth book, friends Mouse and Mole have rather different feelings about Halloween. Gung-ho Mouse enjoys scaring nervous Mole, but when Mole is too afraid to go trick-or-treating, Mouse realizes it's time to change tactics. The four chapters also include a silly story about a pumpkin contest. Yee's appropriately challenging text and amusing illustrations continue to engage new readers. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Kirkus Review

Mouse and Mole prepare for Halloween in the sixth book of Yee's popular series.In the first chapter, Mouse excitedly decorates for the holiday. Mole is not sure he likes Halloweentoo scary. The next chapter finds the two hunting for the perfect pumpkin. Mole and Mouse go about the search differently. Mouse cannot believe how many pumpkins there are: "Eeny, meeny, miny mumpkin / Which of you will be my pumpkin...? / You're it!" Mole is more careful. After tapping, turning and tugging them, he finds one he likes. Then it is time for the Pumpkin Carving Contest. Mouse's has mismatched eyes, an "itty-bitty" nose, "crooked teeth" and a leafy hairdo. She wins "for the silliest jack-o'-lantern!" Mole makes his pumpkin early and keeps it hidden. When the judges look, it is "...sunken / and lumpy and smelly. / The once perfect eyes / were now squinty slits. / The smile had turned into a frown." Mole wins "for the sc-scariest j-jack-o'lantern!" Newly independent readers will find much humor and some challenging words, but Yee's small gouache-andlitho pencil illustrations cue perfectly. The final chapter focuses on how the duo overcomes Mole's fear of trick-or-treating. Mouse, ever the problem-solver, reads Mole a story about how two scared friends can be brave when they are together. This story within the story truly shows how sharing a good book with a friend can work wonders.Superb!(Early reader. 5-8)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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