We've read this one a couple of times and our youngest was very proud that she could read it all by herself. you can have several circles on the paper that have the name of the color written under it and then with the children you can start to fill in the circles with the paint and mix colors to make new shades. Children will catch onto the pattern with the authors repetitious words and the coaxing illustrations. However, albeit that Mouse Paint is to and for me a three star book (as that cat textually not really doing anything except being kind of a placeholder so to speak is certainly more than a bit of an annoyance), well, obtaining and reading the 2010 dual language English/Spanish edition of Mouse Paint, yes, this does make me raise those three stars to a very solidly and appreciated four stars for Mouse Paint / Pintura de raton.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.They first dive into the paint to color themselves, then splash in paint puddles and discover that primary colors, when combined, make new colors. Mouse Paint is a story about three white mice who decide to climb into some paint jars and have some fun while the cat is napping. They washed themselves off to become white again and decided to paint on paper instead to create the newfound colors.

To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.I think the earlier you can interest small children in reading the better; books like this are the perfect to transition from being read to to reading on your own. But truth be told, I must admit to finding the inclusion by Ellen Stoll Walsh of a cat in Mouse Paint and how said feline is no threat to the three mice when they are white (because the cat supposedly is not able see white mice on a piece of paper) a bit ridiculous and problematic since Ellen Stoll Walsh really and truly does nothing with this. It could have been a bit more FUN for my taste but she has requested it three nights in a row so who am I to argue!

Perfect for fans of Lois Ehlert and Press Here, this charming board book gently explores the world of color and celebrates the joy of creativity. Now the mice find puddles that they accidentally spilled and decide to dance each one in their own separate puddle. I thought it was a little confusing because the of pictures displayed and the mice jumping in the puddles could be misleading to young kiddos.Mouse Paint was perfect for this kid, who told me that it is his destiny to be an artist: the pictures are simple, beautiful, and dynamic.