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Once Upon a Twice



by
Denise Doyen
illustrated by
Barry Moser

Edition
-
Publisher
Random House
Imprint
Random House
ISBN
9780375956126

Awards and Honors
2010 E. B. White Award Honors for Picture Book; Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Books of 2009
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JLG Category

Primary

"Danger's lurking in the lettuce, / 'Tween the celery, stalkers get us! / Open moonlight is a menace. / Trust in shadows-disappear." A mouse named Jam thinks he is too clever to bother heeding the warnings of his elders. He goes looking for adventure-but is he too confident for his own good? Full-color illustrations.

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Details

Format

Print

Page Count

32

Trim Size

10" x 10"

Dewey

E

AR

3.3: points 0.5

Genre

Poetry

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Oct 2009

Book Genres


Topics

Mice. Stories in rhyme. Wordplay. Rules. Cautionary tale. Children's poetry. Elders. Overconfidence.

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Praise & Reviews

Starred or favorable reviews have been received from these periodicals:

Booklist, The Horn Book Guide, Kirkus Reviews, School Library Journal*

Junior Library Guild


• The wordplay and rhymes make this book stand out.
• The poetry scans well and contains such skillfully composed lines as “In the middle of the nice, / The moon was on the rice / And the Mice were scoutaprowl. . . .”
• Wonderfully striking, atmospheric artwork.
• The story’s meaning will not be lost on younger children, despite an inventive and unique vocabulary.

Horn Book

In this witty text, complete with amusing invented words, elder mice warn the youngsters against venturing into the night: "If those who swoop or them that pounce / Glimpse just a whisk! an inch! an ounce! / Jaw-claws will trounce a wayward mouse." However, foolish Jam Boy ignores these words of wisdom. Moser's deep-hued, moonlit illustrations are suspenseful and humorous.

Praise & Reviews

Junior Library Guild


• The wordplay and rhymes make this book stand out.
• The poetry scans well and contains such skillfully composed lines as “In the middle of the nice, / The moon was on the rice / And the Mice were scoutaprowl. . . .”
• Wonderfully striking, atmospheric artwork.
• The story’s meaning will not be lost on younger children, despite an inventive and unique vocabulary.

Horn Book

In this witty text, complete with amusing invented words, elder mice warn the youngsters against venturing into the night: "If those who swoop or them that pounce / Glimpse just a whisk! an inch! an ounce! / Jaw-claws will trounce a wayward mouse." However, foolish Jam Boy ignores these words of wisdom. Moser's deep-hued, moonlit illustrations are suspenseful and humorous.

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