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Summary
Bessie's trying to get ready for school, but her room is so messy she can't find anything! Roger De Muth's enchanting illustrations of Bessie's messy room will have readers eagerly helping Bessie find everything she needs to start her day and leave for school on time.Detailed illustrations will improve new readers' visual discrimination as they search for missing objects throughout the pages of this seek-and-find book.Ages 4-8
Author Notes
Harriet Ziefert is a children's author born in 1941 in New Jersey. She has written several hundred children's books, including the Little Hippo series. Ziefert and illustrator Emilie Bon have collaborated on a series of "Little Hippo" books, the first of which was published in 1988 by Viking Penguin. The books are written for children between 1 1/2 to 5 years-of-age. They are intended to help children deal with change, like the addition of a new baby to the family or moving to a new house.
Her titles include Little Hippo's New Baby, Little Hippo's New Friend, Little Hippo's New School and Grandpa, Will You Play With Me?
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 1-Messy Bessie, a mouse, lives in a house strewn with everyday items, from tools to toothbrushes. No wonder she can't find what she needs for her school day. Each page has an easy-to-read rhyming couplet that tells children what Bessie is searching for and enlists their help. "Assignment book? Present for Kate?/Please help her find them before she's late." A blue border draws the eye to the brightly colored, very detailed, very busy cartoon illustrations. All of the rooms and even the exterior of the house are, indeed, messy, making it a challenge for the protagonist and for readers to find Bessie's misplaced objects. Narrow cutouts on some pages cleverly and tantalizingly reveal the next room through a door that is ajar, inviting a page turn. Youngsters who enjoy searching for pictured items will like this book, but it is not an essential purchase.-Lynda Ritterman, Atco Elementary School, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Mouse Bessie is incredibly messy, making it hard to find her homework, toothbrush, etc., among the hundreds of objects scattered around her house. The bright and busy illustrations (including a few gratuitous die-cut pages) are the strength of this search-and-find book. The rhyming text is often a stretch: ""Bessie feels like such a jerk. / She can't find her math homework! (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
Kirkus Review
Bessie, an untidy mouse, awakens one morning to a mess of monumental proportions. Readers are asked to help Bessie locate the items she requires as she prepares for school. Verses--"Bessie's about to have a fit. / Please help her by finding it"--are arranged in rhyming couplets, and each two-page spread is dedicated to one aspect of Bessie's morning ritual. Readers must seek to find a missing striped sock, a misplaced snack and even a permission slip among the scattered household items. Whether or not Bessie makes it out to the bus on time depends upon the reader's detection skills. Making this particularly challenging is the fact that the things Bessie needs to find are simply named; readers are not given a pictorial clue to help locate them. For example, when Bessie needs her snack, it's up to the readers to search the debris field of the kitchen to discover something snack-like. De Muth's highly detailed illustrations are jammed with minutiae to an almost dizzying effect. Readers will need a discerning eye to discover the secrets hidden within them without feeling the need to go clean their own rooms. (Picture book. 5-8) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
