Mouse Bird Snake Wolf has also been reviewed by Booklist, [4] Library Media Connection magazine, [4] The Horn Book Magazine, [4] The School Library Journal, [4] Reading Time, [5] and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. [6] Awards [ edit ]

Little Ben seems to be the primary character more than the other two kids, yet all three of them embark on an adventure to learn things by utilizing their imaginations.It was a bad narrative for me since there wasn't much description in it, and it was also extremely short. I found the story to be a bit repetitive, but it would be fascinating for young readers and anybody else who read it, regardless of age.

Mouse Bird Snake Wolf". Reading Time. Children's Book Council of Australia. 57 (3): 20. August 2013 . Retrieved 21 December 2016. [ dead link] Like an oral tale, the story progresses rhythmically through repetition and variation. It swells as it goes, gathering pace. At the heart of it is the cycle of creation initiated by the children, each new invention reprising and developing the one before: first the mouse, then the bird, then the snake – and finally the wolf. The wolf – of course – is the game changer. With wolves there are consequences. And the gods just sit and watch what happens. David Almond is a British children's writer who has penned several novels, each one to critical acclaim. He was born and raised in Felling and Newcastle in post-industrial North East England and educated at the University of East Anglia. When he was young, he found his love of writing when some short stories of his were published in a local magazine. He started out as an author of adult fiction before finding his niche writing literature for young adults. Due to the fact that this is a children's novel, there isn't any romance in the plot, but the three youngsters do have a friendship. But what about the gods, I wonder? In the third person, the narrative is written. This is significant to the narrative because it teaches kids that while it's fine to create their own worlds and envision what they may look like, they must also consider the potential risks of their actions before taking any steps that could harm their surroundings.This is an unusual story because it involves a variety of gods and goddesses who created our world. It appears that they have created humans and animals, but it also appears that they haven't finished because they are still praising themselves and chatting with other gods about it. Additionally, they constantly eat cake and drink tea and only go to sleep when they appear exhausted or worn out. A constant theme running through Almond’s extraordinary work is the power of the imagination, a wonderful thing but risky and dangerous. Here the children, not the gods, are the real makers, but can they live with what they make? Can they unmake it, or are wolves a part of our own nature?’ The Guardian Ocr tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 0.9451 Ocr_module_version 0.0.15 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-WL-2000089 Openlibrary_edition