As a digital subscriber, you’ll receive unlimited access to Horn Book web exclusives and extensive archives, as well as access to our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database.
To access other site content, visit The Horn Book homepage.
To continue you need an active subscription to hbook.com.
Subscribe now to gain immediate access to everything hbook.com has to offer, as well as our highly searchable Guide/Reviews Database, which contains tens of thousands of short, critical reviews of books published in the United States for young people.
Thank you for registering. To have the latest stories delivered to your inbox, select as many free newsletters as you like below.
No thanks. Return to article
32 pp.
| Holt |
October, 2006 |
TradeISBN 0-8050-7741-3$16.95
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Mary Newell DePalma.
One snowy night, a mouse sneaks into Estelle's house while she's immersed in the tub. Esbaum's faultless rhymes track Estelle's in-the-buff pursuit of the varmint--until "The mouse choked and spluttered and paddled and coughed, / and Estelle felt her mouse-hating heart going...soft?" DePalma scores points for the cozy atmosphere and the decency-preserving placement of bubbles and other inanimate objects.