This book was really interestingly designed and illustrated creatively but the content was so odd! Mouserella writes a letter to her grandmother with very random information like her brothers glue stinking and putting honey on her ears to attract butterflies? There is no clarification of is Mouserella is a mouse in a humans world or if she and her family represent human life. I think the first scenario would have been cute and there would have been a lot more interesting narrative surrounding that. The book reads sideways, kind of as if you were reading a letter. I do not love books that read non traditionally, I always think about reading them to children while snuggled up or too a group and it seems just inconvenient. My favorite part of this book is probably in the Author's note when Mouserella mentions nibbling Stein's awards on the book shelf to see if they're edible. I supposed this statement would mean that they are in fact mice living in a human's world but the text itself does not support that. ( )

I liked this book but it didn’t have much meaning. The book was written on adorable colored notebook paper. Mouserella was writing a letter to her Grandmouse. She told her Grandmouse about all of the things that had happened in the last three days because her Grandmouse left. It was very scatterbrain-ish but I laughed because it sounded exactly like something a first grader would write. The illustrations were amazing! They were all done as if a young student had drawn them. For example, there were hearts and flowers all over the pages. The message of this book could be to keep in contact with your grandparents. The book could also inspire students to write letters to their grandmother/grandparents. It was very clear as to how much Mouserella loved her Grandmouse. Overall, it was a cute and charming book. ( )

So glad I found this book!
I recently had two girls and my mother lives in Wisconsin. This perfectly fits how I hope to keep my daughters in touch with having long distance relatives. The book is designed to look like a letter that has been written by a child on legal paper. It's so funny because in my own childhood we always had legal paper for us to doodle on.
This is a very sweet book. It brought me to tears. ( )

Mouserella writes a letter to her grandmouse about all the things she is doing now that she has returned home from Grandmouse’s house. She includes drawings and photographs and maps to shares all the stories of things that have happened to her since she returned home. Written on colored notebook paper, this is a fun format for a book.

“We went to the museum.
It was air-conditioned there.
I draw the cave mouse with big claws.
I saw a grandmouse in there but it wasn’t you.
We ate fries in the cafeteria with squishy packs of ketchup.
I bet you don’t have them in the country.
(I saved one for you.)” ( )

Mouserella writes a letter to her grandmother because her grandmother has just moved away and Mouserella miss her. The book is absolutely adorable.

The book would be useful in a discussion about writing letters, relatives or close friends moving away, and mail. ( )