Bruce's Big Move

Mother Bruce returns in this third picture-book devoted to his oddball adventures - there is also a related title, BE QUIET!, featuring the mice who live with Bruce - this time confronting the chaos of his home life. With four goslings to care for, and three messy mice who won't leave, Bruce finds

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himself at the end of his tolerance. Taking his charges and leaving the mice behind, our ursine hero is soon settled into a more peaceful life. But what about the goslings? Can he live with their unhappiness, at being parted from their murine friends...?

Like its predecessors, Bruce's Big Move pairs an entertaining tale with immensely appealing artwork. The humor of the story relies upon the very evident frustration that Bruce feels, when confronted with those mess-making mice, who are oblivious to the chaos and inconvenience that they cause. The scenes in which Bruce pretends to be happy, in order to cheer up the goslings, were also quite amusing, while managing to be somewhat poignant as well. Poor Bruce! He just doesn't get a break, and cannot escape those mice. The artwork really captures the emotional register of each scene, and is lots of fun to peruse. Readers should be sure to check underneath the dust-jacket for two additional images. Recommended to anyone who has enjoyed the previous books about Mother Bruce and his many trials and tribulations.

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Bruce does not like the mice living in his house. So he decides to move. Him and his four geese. But the geese miss their friends. How, oh how will Bruce make his little birds happy again. I love this story, and the message that family is family and home is home no matter where you go.

I especially love the illustrations!

An adorable story that follows the further adventures of Mother Bruce and friends, or rather his four charges. He and the geese were getting along fine. They made a home for themselves, found routines, and took comfort in each other's presence...until three little (non-blind) mice made THEMSELVES

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at home. It seems Bruce's abode wasn't quite big enough for them all and so...Bruce picks up and leaves, with the mice growing ever smaller in his rear view. Will he and the geese find the perfect home? A place to call their own that's quieter, neater, and less neighborly seems like a small list of desires to grant...but I don't think Bruce was ever told to be careful what you wish for.

In the end, it's an entertaining story that speaks the truth universally known...home isn't just where you hang your hat, but where you house your heart.


**copy received for review

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