My favorite thing about "The Great Cheese Robbery" are the illustrations, especially the talking bubbles! They can add so much more to the story and help to grab the readers' interest. This book is about a father elephant, the biggest and strongest elephant around, that is scared of mice. The mice begin by first taking cheese from the refrigerator, and then realizing they can rob everything in the house. Until Mommy Elephant comes home and puts an end to the thieving. The author does a wonderful job in this hilarious story of elephants and mice of conveying the lesson that everyone is frightened of something. ( )

Adorable art, fun with thieving mice and frightened-of-mice elephants, and some nice twists on stereotypes. Plus plenty of cheese.


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