Charlie & Mouse: Book 1 (Classic Children's Book, Illustrated Books for Children) - by Laurel Snyder

About the Book

Charlie and Mouse, two young brothers, enjoy a day out together, attending an imaginary party and collecting rocks in this Theodor Seuss Geisel Award-winning early reader. Full color.

Book Synopsis

Four hilarious children's stories, two inventive brothers, one irresistible and award-winning beginner chapter book--now in paperback! Join Charlie and Mouse as they talk to lumps, take the neighborhood to a party, sell some rocks, and invent the bedtime banana. With imagination and humor, Laurel Snyder and Emily Hughes paint a lively picture of brotherhood that children will relish in a beginning chapter book format; making this a perfect book for young readers graduating from picture books.

Review Quotes

"You can't get much sweeter than these two irresistible brothers who make their own fun." --Common Sense Media

Washington Post Best Children's Books of the Year

Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year

"Delightful" - School Library Connection

"Relatable and endearing with a touch of humor."--Imagination Soup

"Filled to the brim with sincere, slice-of-life sibling moments."-The Horn Book Magazine

"Four ebullient linked stories introduce the two eponymous brothers and their down-to-earth family."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Sweet and funny."--The Wall Street Journal

"Utterly endearing."--Julie Danielson, Kirkus Reviews

"Charlie and Mouse has to be one of our favorites of the entire year, so far. It so easily elicits giggles!"--The Children's Book Review

"Plenty of repetition, short sentences, and wide spacing provide effective scaffolding for beginning readers."-The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

"A top-notch early reader, with words and art in perfect step."-Kirkus Reviews, starred review

About the Author

Emily Hughes is an illustrator (and sometimes writer) who lives in windy Brighton, England, while thinking fondly of her hometown in Hilo, Hawaii.

Laurel Snyder is the author of many books for children. She lives and writes in Atlanta, Georgia.