Wednesday, June 10, 2015



Holm, J & M.  (2007).  Camp Babymouse.  NY:  Random House.

More adventures from your favorite mouse, Babymouse!  This time she is going away to camp for two weeks.  She can't quite seem to fit in with the other campers and keeps getting demerits for her cabin.  Finally, she decides to become a team player and finds something that she does well.  Her cabin mates learn to trust her at the end and allow her to lead the last competition.  To her surprise, even winning the last competition wasn't enough to make up for all of the losses, typical day for Babymouse.  This is not your traditional graphic novel.  The illustrator uses three colors, pink, black and white.  Not only do they use speech bubbles for characters talking, but squares when Babymouse is thinking inside her own head.   Illustrations are hand drawn and show the emotions of the characters.  When the main character is given a compliment, her chest is high and proud.  When she is sad, she is sulking and walking with her head down.  It is easy to identify the characters feelings through the pictures.

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