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Loud mouse

Title:

Loud mouse

Author:

Mentzel, Cara, author.

Menzel, Idina, author.

Sinquett, Jaclyn, illustrator.

Summary:

Dee loves to sing. She sings during her morning yoga. She even sings while practicing her math facts. She usually sings to herself. But when her teacher asks everyone to share something with the class, Dee knows just what to bring: a song. And as Dee sings la, la, la, la,LOUDly in front of her class for the first time, something extraordinary happens. . . -- Amazon.

Audience:

Ages 3-5. DisneyHyperion.

Grades K-1. DisneyHyperion.

General Note:

"How a little mouse found her big voice..." -- Cover.

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Mice -- Juvenile fiction.

Singing -- Juvenile fiction.

Sisters -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-confidence -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Menzel, Idina,

Sinquett, Jaclyn,

Publisher:

Disney-Hyperion,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781368078061

Publication Information:

Los Angeles ; New York : Disney-Hyperion, 2022

Call Number:

P MENTZEL

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003648949	New Picture Books	MENTZEL	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Dee loves to sing. She sings during her morning yoga. She even sings while practicing her maths facts. She usually sings to herself. But when her teacher asks everyone to share something with the class, Dee knows just what to bring: a song. And as Dee sings la, la, la, la, LOUDly in front of her class for the first time, something extraordinary happens... Complete with gorgeous illustrations and filled with humour and heart, Loud Mouse is a clever tale about learning that sometimes your best self is big, brave, and yes, loud.

Author Notes

Cara Mentzel 's debut memoir, Voice Lessons: A Sisters Story , about her relationship with her superstar sister, Idina Menzel (yes, they spell their last names differently), was a Good Reads Choice Award nominee in 2017. Cara lives in Boulder, Colorado, where she and her husband raised their Brady Bunch of boys against the beauty of the Rocky Mountains. She has a master's degree in elementary education with an emphasis on children's literacy, and though she currently spends most of her time writing, she enjoyed teaching elementary school for well over a decade and can occasionally be found back in the classroom talking about books she loves. This is her first picture book.

Idina Menzel is a powerhouse: actor, singer-songwriter, philanthropist, entrepreneur, and now writer. She was Tony®-nominated for her Broadway performances in Rent and If/Then , winning the prize for Wicked 's green girl. People around the world know her as Elsa in Disney's Oscar®-winning Frozen and Frozen 2 . She has performed at the Oscars and the Super Bowl, and is the cofounder of A Broader Way Foundation, whose mission is leadership development to amplify young women's voices through the arts. Loud Mouse is Idina's latest endeavor to build on the message of empowerment and finding our voices. Idina's greatest gift is her son, Walker.

Jaclyn Sinquett grew up playing in her dad's garden and tossing french fries to seagulls at the Jersey Shore. She still lives in New Jersey and spends her time painting with her little girl, singing too loudly in the car, and illustrating books for children. See her artwork at www.jaclynsinquett.com

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

K-Gr 4--Menzel and sister Mentzel collaborate on an autobiographical picture book starring Dee and younger sibling Cara Lee. They happen to be mice, but this is an all-animal-on-board inclusive book in Sinquett's charming illustrations, so Dee's teacher, Miss Pink, seems a bit piglike, and Principal Hummingbird is, in fact, a hummingbird. The assignment is to bring something that symbolizes what she likes to do to class, and what Dee loves is to sing. She is confident. She is loud. And as a result, she expands and becomes a giant for the day, and feels so awkward and out of sorts that she thinks perhaps she'll never sing again. Cara Lee provides comfort that night and Dee is the star of the show the following evening. Readers do not know how she got the solo slot so quickly, but, like Broadway's quick, condensed plotting, best not to ask questions. Children will love the mouse sisters and the funny classroom scenes; although Cara Lee certainly takes a backseat in the story, the bonds of family feel authentic. VERDICT Come for the celebrity, stay for the tunes; children will relate to this tale of following your dreams even if it means getting loud.--Kimberly Olson Fakih

Publisher's Weekly Review

What's it like to possess a truly impressive talent? Sisters Mentzel and Menzel explore this question through the unevenly told story of Dee, a young brown mouse who's a precocious belter: "With my tail in my hand,/ My whiskers out proud," she sings, holding the end of her tail like a mic, "I sing it big/ I sing it/ La, La, La, La,/ LOUD." When Dee shares her voice in public for the first time at show-and-tell, her performance and its reception are so "resounding" that she's transformed into a giant-size version of herself. It's fun at first--Sinquett's digital cartoons, which lean into pinks and purples, initially go for gentle comedy as Dee wrangles her now-enormous body in a kid-size world--but the mouse ends up feeling lonely and isolated from everyday life. Oddly, no one else grows physically upon sharing, and one student's show-and-tell is portrayed as boring to others, giving a prima donna vibe to Dee's transformation. Even so, familial love and wisdom help her embrace the gift that sets her apart; as her little sister asks, "Do you think a star can choose not to shine?" Ages 3--5. Authors' agent: Jennifer Hoel, ICM Partners. Illustrator's agent: Christy Ewers, CAT Agency. (Sept.)