Goodreads Challenge 13/85 Stuart Little

Last August, Anne and I went shopping at the Scholastic Warehouse in Duarte.  It's exactly what you think it would be:  tall Kafkaesque stacks of books towering above you, begging to be taken home.  If you are a book addict, this is not the place for you. A trip to the Scholastic Warehouse will put a dent in your wallet and also your shelving at home.

Anyway, we really scored when we found the book Stuart Little by E. B. White for $1.  Not to miss an opportunity, we bought a class set for the school.  What a perfect lesson for the kids--read the book, then watch the movie to see what's missing from the book.

Like the mouse, Stuart Little is a whisp of a book that fit easily in my small backpack.  So I brought it everywhere, read it in doctors' waiting rooms, whipped it out in lines at Target.  It's perfect for choppy reading, too.  Each chapter contains its own little story about the adventures of a mouse entrenched in the world of humans.

Stuart Little is clever and well-written.  My students will certainly enjoy it, especially when we make the side-by-side comparison to the movie.  Thank you for another winner, E. B. White!