My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Cute story with simple, sweet graphics about five adventurous mice and their special pirate ship.
Adventures of the Miso Mice, as told to Annette Czech Kopp, is a fun little episodic story about five adventurous female mice on a magical sailing ship. (Magical because it can travel on water or into space!) Their journeys take them to exotic islands and star ports, where they meet interesting beings who quickly become their friends. But even on their sunny excursions, there lurks some shady characters.
The plot is simple, the story is cute, and the characters colorful and endearing, many with fun, clever names. My favorite name, hands down, belonged to the gangsters, though: Lobsta Clamdestino, Oysters Rockefella, and Big Tuna.There are five mice: Polly Hedron, Curiosity Launch, Suzy Butterfly, Shelly Beachcomber, and Catalina Awesome, each with their particular interests and skills. Before they became the Miso Mice, they were magical little sprites. When the sprites discovered a treasure chest containing a number of useful items, they also found an intriguing button labeled âPressTheButtonâ with instructions to ask a question, press the button, and get an answer. Their first inquiry helped them establish their identities, and the next sent them on to a new adventure. I loved how everywhere the Mice went, they met a plethora of cool, new friends-to-be.
While the story is simple, the vocabulary often is not, indicating this story is most likely for an older audience. However, I think it could be shared as a read-aloud with children with the expectation that there will be questions.