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House Mouse, Senate Mouse

Name: House Mouse, Senate Mouse
Author: Peter W. Barnes
ISBN: 9781596987906

by Peter W. Barnes

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Overview

House Mouse, Senate Mouse teaches children about our nation's Capitol and how our laws are made, from the research of a bill, through the signing at the President's desk. Written by Peter and Cheryl Barnes. Characters include the Squeaker of the House and the Senate Mouse-jority Leader. In rhyming verse, grade K-4.

The Squeaker of the House and the Senate Mouse-jority Leader have a big job to do: Miss Tuftmore's second grade class in Moussouri has written Congress with an idea for a law to declare a National Cheese! But in a big country, it's not always easy to get everyone to agree on an important isssue.

About the Author, Peter W. Barnes

Peter and Cheryl Barnes are a husband and wife writing/illustrating team who specialize in educational books for children. They are creators of Woodrow for President, and their books have been featured on numerous top-tier TV and radio shows including The Today Show, C-Span’s Book TV and National Public Radio, and in prominent print outlets such as the New York Times, Washington Post and Child Magazine. Their other works include Woodrow, the White House Mouse; Marshall, the Courthouse Mouse; and Liberty Lee's Tail of Independence. Their books have won numerous national and regional book reviews and awards. They also published the New York Times bestsellers Heartsongs and Journey through Heartsongs, by Mattie Stepanek. Cheryl is an illustrator with a background in architecture and is creative director of Regnery’s Little Patriot Press. Peter is a journalist who currently works for Fox Business Network; he has also reported for CNBC, The Wall Street Journal and other news organizations. They have two grown children and live in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Children's Literature - Kim Harris Thacker

Hoping the rodent government will establish a national cheese, Miss Tuftmouse's second grade mouse class sends a letter to the "Squeaker" of the House and Senate "Mouse-jority" Leader in Washington, D.C. The letter gets the cheese ball rolling, but lawmaking is difficult, especially when disagreement upon which delicious cheese should be chosen as the national one abounds. Follow Miss Tuftmouse's class's letter and the bill that results from it through many stages of the lawmaking process until a national cheese is announced—a cheese that every patriotic rodent from "Moussouri" to "Moussisippi" will surely agree upon. Readers will enjoy searching for well-hidden images of George "Washingtail" in every illustration (each of which is inspired by actual architecture on Capitol Hill) of this rhyming book. Teachers will value the simple way in which lawmaking is explained and will appreciate the additional resources at the end of the book (including kid-friendly websites), which give further details about both the lawmaking process and the construction of our nation's Capitol building. Other books in the "Little Patriot Press" series also use mice as characters to teach important information about American government. Reviewer: Kim Harris Thacker