Babymouse

Holm, Jennifer & Holm, Matthew. Babymouse: Our Hero. New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2005.

This story is about an imaginative mouse who does not want to play in the dodge ball game at school. She has managed to get out of playing doge ball in the past. But when the gym teacher tells the class that everyone must participate in the upcoming game, and that it will be part of their grade Babymouse knows she can not avoid it. She is scared of her nemesis Felicia Furrypaws. Felicia is a cat whose special talent is pounding people with dodge balls. Babymouse's best friend Wilson helps her prepare and practice for the dodge ball game. In the end Babymouse wins the dodge ball game and becomes the hero.

I loved this book. It was hilarious. I liked all the imaginations of babymouse. She imagined her school as a prison, and the walk to school as a torturous wagon trail (it was only two blocks). I think the comic book style might attract some boys who would not normally read a pink girl book . It will also attract girls who may not have ever read a comic book. I found Baybymouse's pessimism to be humorous. Even though she was the hero, the book ended with her being stuffed in her locker.