Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Random House
Pages
24
Description
A boy cleans up his messy room to try to find his baseball mitt.
Series
Collection
Language
Original language
English
Physical description
24 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
0307119483 / 9780307119483
UPC
033500119484
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L
User reviews
LibraryThing member conuly
Little Critter is big here. We pick them up cheap (well, cheaper than they already are) at the local used book store.
This book follows just the plot you'd expect - Little Critter loses his baseball glove and is told by his mother to clean his room. He does a dubious job at that and finally, just
Here's the thing. You can buy these books for $4 anywhere (or, if you get them used, probably under a buck). You could stock your child's library primarily with these. Don't expect great literature, but they're good standbys, short for bedtime and "just one story" times.
The one really attractive feature they have is that they are a great example of the unreliable narrator. Whatever Little Critter *says* he's doing, you can be sure the picture shows just the opposite. This is a good narrative convention, and it's never too early to have your kid learn about it through blatant demonstration.
And kids like them. Little-little ones can sit through them, and older-little ones, just learning to read, still find them interesting enough to sit down for.
This book follows just the plot you'd expect - Little Critter loses his baseball glove and is told by his mother to clean his room. He does a dubious job at that and finally, just
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when he's almost forgotten why he started, he finds his glove!Here's the thing. You can buy these books for $4 anywhere (or, if you get them used, probably under a buck). You could stock your child's library primarily with these. Don't expect great literature, but they're good standbys, short for bedtime and "just one story" times.
The one really attractive feature they have is that they are a great example of the unreliable narrator. Whatever Little Critter *says* he's doing, you can be sure the picture shows just the opposite. This is a good narrative convention, and it's never too early to have your kid learn about it through blatant demonstration.
And kids like them. Little-little ones can sit through them, and older-little ones, just learning to read, still find them interesting enough to sit down for.
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LibraryThing member crashingwaves38
Little Critter has lost his glove, and his mom tells him to go look in his messy room. He gets there and cleans it up, and at the very end he finds his glove, after he's forgotten what he's looking for.
It's a cute story, and it definitely makes the point that you can find things better if
It's a cute story, and it definitely makes the point that you can find things better if
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everything's not all jumbled together, though it doesn't really do a good job of teaching how to clean. I enjoyed reading it, and my kids enjoyed me reading it to them. Good book. Show Less
LibraryThing member stharp
A wonderful realistic fiction. Although the book exemplifies extraordinary personification with the "little critters", I still consider it realistic fiction because it is very easy for kids to empathize with the situations within this book. The point of view in which the main character speaks is
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perfect for young children. Since children are very egocentrically minded it is really great for them to read from the first person perspective. Show Less
LibraryThing member smmote
A good, short book about a boy that asks his family members to help him clean the mess in his room because he can not find his baseball mitt. No one else will help him, since he made the mess, he has to be the one to clean it up. So he cleans and stuffs most of the mess in his closet and under his
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bed, and finds his baseball mitt once it is all clean. Show Less
LibraryThing member amcannova
This teaches children that it is always good to keep their room clean so that they never lose anything. A child loses his glove for baseball and he wants to play and tries to get everyone to help him clean his room when he made the mess in the first place. He cleaned it up and found his glove and
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was so happy. Show Less
LibraryThing member clstone
'Just a Mess' by Mercer Mayer is about a boy that can't find his baseball mitt because his room is such a mess. His mother tells him to clean it up and the boy decides to stuff all of the mess in his closet, under his bed, and in his drawers. By the end of the story the boy finds his baseball mitt
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and his mess is nowhere to be found because he has hid it all. This is a cute story for young students. Show Less
LibraryThing member amguess
This is a book about a boy who is trying to find his baseball mitt and his room is a disaster. He asks his mom, dad, and sister to all help with finding it and they all tell him no but when he goes and starts cleaning he is looking for his pillow and finds his baseball mitt on the other side of his
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bed. Show Less
LibraryThing member DBPeeples
This book is about a little boy who had a very messy room. He could not find his baseball glove so him mother told him to clean-up his room. He asked his entire family to help and no one would. He finally cleaned up his room and found the glove.
LibraryThing member mdkladke
Good and bad things always happen to this little critter. He doesn't want to clean his room when he is asked to and when he does he throws stuff under the bed and in the closet just as any other kid would do. But he finally finds his baseball mit on the other side of his pillow he realizes that his
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mom may be right. Show Less
LibraryThing member dtortorice
A little boy is trying to find his baseball mitt but his room is too much of a mess! He asks his mom to help but she says he made the mess so he cleans it up. When he's finally done, he can't find his pillow... but in the end it all works out...
LibraryThing member slw017
This book is awesome. It is about a little critter who does not want to clean his room. He can't find his baseball mitt, and even other things because his room is such a mess. His mother tries to give him tips and throwing it in the closet or under the bed is not the solution, because then he can
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not find his pillow. The story teaches a good lesson on being clean and listening to you parents. Show Less
LibraryThing member jamie_lanell
This is a book about a boy who is trying to find his baseball mitt and his room is a disaster. He asks his mom, dad, and sister to all help with finding it and they all tell him no but when he goes and starts cleaning he is looking for his pillow and finds his baseball mitt on the other side of his
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bed. Show Less
LibraryThing member nmhale
Little Critter can't find his baseball mitt. When he asks his mom to help him find it, she directs him to his room. But his room is just a mess! He can't find anything. Of course, his mom tells him he can clean up his own mess, but that doesn't stop the little critter from trying to get out of it
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by asking everyone else in the family. When he realizes he is on his own, Little Critter cleans up the mess in his own way: stuffs a bunch of stuff in the closet and under the bed, tries to use the hose to clean the floor, and ends by vacuuming up more than he bargained for. True to the style of this series, each page has a small amount of text and detailed illustrations that add depth and meaning to the words. The story is told with understated humor. Little Critter is adorable, and captures a child's thinking and emotion. Every parent will appreciate a story about the child cleaning their messy room, and kids will relate to his immature understanding of the situation. This book is fun and sweet, and wonderful to read aloud. Show Less
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Call number
J2W.0909