The Littles

by John Peterson

Paperback, 1993

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Scholastic Paperbacks (1993), 80 pages

Description

The Littles are a family of tiny people who live in the Bigg family's house. Mr. Little is only six inches tall, and he is big for a Little. The Littles develop a plan to get rid of the mice in the Bigg's house.

User reviews

LibraryThing member rfewell

Read this with Quinton and Lucia. Q read it at school while we were reading it aloud at bedtime. He was into it :-) I'm letting Lu pick the next book, so she remains interested...

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LibraryThing member Miss.Barbara

Here's the tiny family that always ends up in king-size trouble! Only six inches high, the Littles have tall adventures, full of fun!

LibraryThing member DarlenesBookNook

I loved this series when I was a child! It was one of my favourites, and I always imagined that the Littles lived in my house and tried to think of things that they would see and do.

I re-read it with my kids, and they loved it too!

LibraryThing member aevans1

This book was very good, it showed you how to use your imagination on differnt types of people

LibraryThing member lquilter

My 6yo and her buddy have been obsessively playing "the littles" for months, and she just started reading them from her school library. I hadn't heard of them, so I picked one up to read it, and blech. The bland prose, the sexist characterizations ... I am making haste to check out The Borrowers by

Mary Norton, which these books ripped off, and which I loved as a kid -- hopefully Ada will enjoy the original!

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LibraryThing member kelseyjenkens

I enjoyed this book. I liked this book because of John Peterson's sense of imagination was captivating. Throughout the entire book, I was visualizing each event that was happening and the great detail he added helped with that. Another reason I really liked this book was because of its plot. As the

Little family lived in the Biggs' walls, they ran into some trouble when repairing the Biggs' house when they were on vacation. The Newcombs had moved in and have brought mice into the house along with a cat. The Littles were in danger and they could not go about their everyday lives. The mice started to come as the Newcombs left crumbs everywhere. The Littles soon had to find a way to get rid of the mice. They suggest a bow and arrow. The plot of this story is to engage readers in something that seems so imaginative, but could be so real. It contains realistic characters and the reader can connect with the characters as well.

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LibraryThing member adaq

Mary Norton, which these books ripped off, and which I loved as a kid -- hopefully Ada will enjoy the original!

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LibraryThing member tjsjohanna

Imaginative and clever. The Littles are introduced and they solve mouse problem and make friends with a cat.

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