Review by Booklist Review
Ages 3-5. Three little white mice camouflage themselves on a white piece of paper as protection from a cat. But after finding some paint, the mice dunk themselves in the red, yellow, and blue pots of color. They revel in their new look, but the fun is just beginning as they start mixing colors and turning green, purple, and orange. Feeling sticky, the trio wash off the paint in the cat's water bowl and decide to paint paper instead--always leaving some white space to hide from the cat. Simple, yet clever, this compact book works on several levels. In addition to the story, learning about mixing colors together to make new ones will be a delightful eye-opener for preschoolers. The collage-style artwork, set against clean expanses of white, is the right size and shape for young eyes. Inventive and fun. --Ilene Cooper
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review
Three white mice get into some primary hued paint pots, and emerge as artful members of a lesson on color and camouflage. When they are white mice, on white paper, the cat can't see them. Then they spy three jars of paint, one red, one yellow and one blue. ``They thought it was Mouse Paint. They climbed right in.'' Thus begins a flirtation with paints (mixing colors, making new shades, dancing in swirled puddles) that provides them with nearly all the colors in the spectrum, and when the paint dries, they bathe in the cat's water bowl until they are white again. Simplicity reigns in Walsh's brief tale, and a feeling of joyful discovery pervades her broad lines and expressive figures. Her message is clear, one which readers will respond to: paints have many purposes, at least one of which is fun. Ages 2-6. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
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