This is a cute picture book about three friends (with cute rhyming names) who love to sing. These young mice learn a good lesson about not giving up. While Dolores loves to sing, the chorus director Moustro Provolone doesn't select her for the chorus along with her friends. He tells her that she doesn't have an ear for music--a polite way of saying she is an awful singer.
Dolores is determined to be a part of something great and ends up writing a letter to Moustro Provolone explaining her love of singing. This letter demonstrates her talent for rhyme and rhythm as a poet. Her letter is changed into a song for the chorus! Dolores is delighted to be with her friends in the chorus and tries extra hard to sing her song correctly.
I loved James Howe as a kid (Bunnicula, The Celery Stalks at Midnight, etc.) and enjoyed this one too. The characters were simple but endearing. Amy Walrod did a good job of illustrating the story about mice (which I'm not a fan of in general) as cute lovable kids that want to have fun and hang out together.
Dolores is determined to be a part of something great and ends up writing a letter to Moustro Provolone explaining her love of singing. This letter demonstrates her talent for rhyme and rhythm as a poet. Her letter is changed into a song for the chorus! Dolores is delighted to be with her friends in the chorus and tries extra hard to sing her song correctly.
I loved James Howe as a kid (Bunnicula, The Celery Stalks at Midnight, etc.) and enjoyed this one too. The characters were simple but endearing. Amy Walrod did a good job of illustrating the story about mice (which I'm not a fan of in general) as cute lovable kids that want to have fun and hang out together.
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