Product Description

Children learn about how are laws are made in Congress, when the Squeaker of the House and the Senate Mouse-jority leader must pass a bill to establish a national cheese!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101707 in Books
• Published on: 1996-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

Review
A fanciful way to expose children to the legislative process. -- Washington Parent, February 1997

A fanciful way to expose children to the legislative process. --Washington Parent Magazine

Brightly illustrated...whimsical. -- Washington Post

Brightly illustrated...whimsical. --The Washington Post

Fun and worthwhile...It should be required reading for all current members of Congress! -- Roll Call, October 7, 1996

Fun and worthwhile...it should be required reading for all current members of Congress! -- Roll Call

Fun and worthwhile...it should be required reading for all current members of Congress! --Roll Call

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America's mice have a government, too, With Presidents, Senators and Congressmice, who Are elected, debate, vote the popular will-- It's a Rodent Republic on Capitol Hill!

Customer Reviews

My sons favorate book
This is a cute book that was very well written. My son likes the mouse story and giggles every time I read it to him. It features "The Senate Mousejority leader and the Sqeaker of the House". Parents that are in to politics will get a good laugh out of reading this one.

Great concept, but a little too cute.
As a teacher, I love the way they presented the concept of how a bill becomes a law. However, as a mother, I find it becomes confusing for a preschooler when you use terms such as "Squeaker" of the House instead of "Speaker" and "Mouse-jority" Leader. A great book, definitely worth the buy, but if your child can't read yet, use the real terminology to avoid confusion.

Qualified Recommendation
This book is fairly well done, but treats an enor-mouse-ly complex subject very simply (by necessity, of course). Despite it's simplicity, it still seems too complex for the age bracket it is aimed at (4-7 years). The drawings are adequate, but there are some perspective problems. The rhymes are adequate, but tortured in places. This book would seem to be either a great primer if you plan to take your children to Washington DC or a great souvenir of a trip there. As a lesson of how government works, I am a little more dubious. The great value of the book is the connection of system with place (such as committee room or house floor), not as a lesson of how the system works. The separation of representatives and the people is also a bit disconcerting, from a Jeffersonian point of view. The story would have been improved if the students that developed the idea of a "national cheese" would have been allowed to follow their idea through the process, rather than just send a letter and see the results on TV. Senator Thurmouse, well, that's just downright spooky.