A classic - we love this one. ( )

Genre:
Picture books for children
Character:
Anthropomorphic
Storyline:
Issue-oriented
Tone:
Feel-good
Illustration:
Colorful
Subject headings:
Mice
Strawberries
Bears
Worry
Favorite things
Cleverness
Sharing
Generosity
Unselfishness
Smallness and bigness

I sort of liked the story thanks to the expressive pantomime of the mouse. But then my wife pointed out that the narrator was a con artist using demagoguery to stoke fear in the mouse of a hypothetical enemy in order to appropriate half its food supplies after it had done all the harvesting work. That's a messed up lesson to pass on to children. ( )

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss. ( )