Review of Mother Mouse: Book 2 in Missouri

[Darcie Mae]

Here is a link to and a copy of the article that appeared in Missouri about one of my children’s books:
Darcie Mae Fortin
Pen name: Darcie Mae
Maine
[e-mail]
http://sammyandrobert.tripod.com

Article of interest:
http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/staff1246580169

Editors, Joplin Independent
Missouri

Here's a trio of books to read to youngsters staff Updated: 2009-07-02 18:16:09 Research is showing that children who have been read to at an early age are better prepared to succeed in school. Reading aloud to children helps stimulate brain development as well as to provide an opportunity to strengthen family ties. We introduce you to three books that may be read to very young children or that may be texts for developing young readers.

Author: Darcie Mae
Mirror Publishing (Milwaukee, Feb. 2009)
40 pages, $8.95 at amazon.com
Darcie Mae Fortin, whose pen name is "Darcie Mae" is a children's book author from Solon, Maine who often may be seen in a first or second grade classroom sharing her stories. Her second book in verse stars Mother Mouse who teaches mice children about opposites and then about modes of transportation, the latter done in a jaunty repetitive style. That Mother Mouse expects the full attention of her audience is seen in the author's description of her: "Mother Mouse teaches things with the stories she tells. She always speaks softly. She never has to yell."
What also may get the attention of Darcie Mae's young listeners are the illustrations she provides. The pictures and the words that accompany them are very colorful. Children may identify with them as if they had come from crayons in their own hands.
All the mice children return home after being rewarded with cookies. The children who have heard Mother Mouse's story are rewarded by having had their creativity stimulated.