Paperback: 32 pages
Publisher: Cartwheel Books; Stk edition (September 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0545121191
ISBN-13: 978-0545121194
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8 x 8.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #22,898 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #76 in Books > Children's Books > Holidays & Celebrations > Christmas #103 in Books > Children's Books > Animals > Mice, Hamsters, Guinea Pigs & Squirrels
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
The Biggest series is super adorable I love them and so do my 5 children, I like to read how the 2 little mice always seem to work out the problem in the end of each story. The illustrations are wonderful so are the length of the books. Some books now can look small but be jammed with words. Being over wordy in a children's book is not good. These books are not too wordy they give details, spike your attention every page. The Biggest Christmas Tree Ever by Steve Kroll is great for children 3 and up. We recommend you put them on your Christmas list!
The premise of this story is that there are 2 mice, Clayton and Desmond, who both want to get the biggest Christmas tree ever. They undertake completely parallel attempts to acquire said biggest Christmas tree ever, fail, realize they should work together, and ultimately decide to go in together on the biggest Christmas tree ever, which they share.Could be a decent premise, but it's told in an uninteresting way, as we are basically told the same story twice (Desmond's attempt to get the tree and Clayton's attempt to get it), and nothing surprising or funny happens.It's a fine story, nothing offensive about it, but nothing that great, either. I was expecting something much more charming and interesting based on the reviews here. After one reading my 2 year-old never mentioned it again, and I ended up donating it (returning it to would have cost me more than the price of the book).I'd save your pennies on this one and go for something more entertaining.
The children in my class enjoyed this story and after reading this story aloud to them, we walked down to the neighborhood Christmas Tree lot and looked at the trees that were on display. Most of my students thought their familiy's tree size was just right, since they could have the decorated tree in their homes during the holidays unlike the tree in the story. The seller sent the book promptly and it was securely packaged for mailing.
This is almost a version of city mouse country mouse, except these two friends from different families, come together and work together to make everyone happy. I liked the way the two main characters have their story told, side by side, allowing children to see the clear similarities. A nice story which became a fast favourite with the kids (3yrs & 6yrs).
This was a sweet Christmas 'sharing' book. Two little mice dream of getting the biggest tree ever and they each go out to look for one, they both do the same thing (unknown to the other one) but they meet at the tree farm they find the perfect one but it's so big that neither can do it on their own. So they decide to share it and they go get their families and they set it up for the whole Mouseville to enjoy!
This book was fantastic and perfect for my nephew around the holidays. We always get a huge tree just like in the book, so it was very fitting for our family. Definitely a cute book for little kids.
Sorry, I hate giving a bad review but both myself and my toddler were a little bored with this book. Its cute but repetitive and just kind-of blah. Sorry
Very cute little story. It isn't my favorite addition to my Christmas book collection, but it is one of my kids' favorites.
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