Perfect for fall, this children’s book is a fun, rhyming, mini-mystery that pairs animals with an alliterative adjective — a prickle of porcupines might be my favorite! The illustrations are lovely and this is a book I know kids will get a kick out of (and parents too)! Thanks to NetGalley for an early review copy, all opinions are my own.

What a cute story about animals that can be found in the forest! I LOVED that this book included the proper terminology for a group of specific animals, like a prickle of porcupines or a party of jays. The rhyme and rhythm included in the story made it smooth and quick to read and the illustrations were simple but effective. I appreciated that the story also attributed a human quality to the animals. The plot of the story is that the mice in the forest have gone missing and the squirrels are worried about them so they ask the other animals they encounter in the forest. This could be a great story to reiterate fiction vs nonfiction, introduce new vocabulary, or focus on rhyming words.

A Mischief of Mice is a beautifully illustrates story about the plural names for animals. The pictures are perfectly done to capture the moody feel of fall in the forest. It would be a great read aloud or science story for pre school to kindergarten aged children. The story is simple as to not distract from the purpose of learned collective terms for animals but engaging enough to keep kids interested. I would add this to my classroom library.

This one was fun to learn the words to describe groups of different animals but beyond that there wasn’t much. Beautiful illustrations though.

This was a sweet story to read with my four year old son. He enjoyed seeing all of the different forest animals. We both especially enjoyed the collection of collective nouns at the end of the book. We both learned something from that part of the story. I loved the illustrations with the muted colors. Very pretty.

A Mischief of Mice was such a sweet book with beautiful, watercolor pictures. A mischief (group) of mice has gone missing, a group of squirrels investigates asking all of the other forest animals if they know where the mice have gone. Along the way, we learn the collective nouns for each animal group.

This was a very relaxing read, and would be a great bedtime story for the kiddos.

Thanks to NetGalley, Christie Matheson, and SourceBooks for the ARC!

A cute book where the squirrel friends are worried for their mice friends as they've disappeared. They go to all the animals in the forest asking if they've seen the Mice. They do finally find the mice with the help of the bear. At the very end there is a collective of nouns about all the animal friends we saw.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the arc.

A Mischief of Mice is a cute story about a group of squirrels who investigate why a group of mice have gone missing. The story includes a variety of animals and beautifully illustrated pages. I really enjoyed the facts about the different species of animals at the end of the book.

Perfect fall book for young children looking for a quick, cute story.

I received an ARC from SOURCEBOOKS Kids | Sourcebooks Jabberwocky via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Although there are many books with similar stories, this is a beautifully illustrated concept book. It is not shapes or numbers, but instructs in an easily digestible manner the names for groups of animals. Perfect for a fall storytime.

Oh how I love cute books about animals!
The illustrations are beautiful, and it's a fun way to learn about the names of the animals.

I would love big prints of the art for the classroom!


Thank you NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Kids for the opportunity to read this ARC.

What a fun read that teaches children a little bit about how different groups of animals are called different things. I found it really cute that the book was focused around the squirrels trying to find their friends the mice, and in so doing, going to all of the other animals in the forest to see if they could help them. The story moves well, and is repetitive in. a way that works for read aloud and for engaging with a young child about these new words and what they mean. It's not pandering either. It simply states the group and moves on, although thankfully there is an explanation section at the very end for those of us who didn't decide to Google partway through. I seriously thought it was a murder of ravens!

the artwork is nice. Kind of reminds me of another artist who did a story about mice or about a mouse in particular, but the title and the author both elude me right now.

A good bedtime story and one that I could see a little child really enjoying and a parent using to teach numbers, animals, and fun words to too.

A very cute book I read with my daughter. She loved the illustrations and the cute story! The title is very cute and makes you wonder what the mice are up to!

Great children's story with lots of wonderful artwork on each page. Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for a chance to read and review this book in exchange for an honest review.

This book has lovely, atmospheric art that makes it feel like wintertime. The book shows different groups of animals and introduces the name for each group (e.g., a parliament of owls). The mice have gone missing, and their friends are concerned and keep asking about them as all the other groups of animals come by. (Of course, sensitive readers need not fear. No harm has befallen the mice, and they have just settled in for a warm winter's nap.)

The story is repetitive, and it mainly works as a framing device to introduce the animals and teach readers these whimsical collective nouns. There's also a note at the end that further describes the animals. This is fun as a basic concept book, but since the description advertises this as a whodunit story, I expected there to be more of a plot.

We road tripped to Florida for spring break and I was so happy I had been approved for sixteen new children’s books coming out this year. It helped so much to break up some time with stories! The kids loved them and had so much fun picking out a book from my netgalley app to read. We didn’t read a single book we didn’t like! Tuckers favorite was Elmo’s new book, Kinley loved the fairy godmother book, Dawsyn loved the basketball one, and Briggs adored the animal book. I highly suggest adding all of these to your summer library reading lists for kids. I love children’s books, and these were full of beautiful illustrations, stories, and allowed us to have some great conversations after them. Thank you @netgalley for these advanced copies! @lisakatzenberger @alicewalstead @eringuendelsberger @aimeereid @christiematheson @jackjokinen @sandranickel @janechapman @hudaharajli @fraanushkin @saralauxakin @laurapurdiesalas @katyhudson emilymurrow @zackwilliams 📚📖🚗☀️🏝️🌊👙

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The illustrations in the book will let children find hidden gems in the woods. Little mice tracks to follow, fluttery leaves to count, and collections of animals to engage the eyes are all found in the pages of this book. The story was not a rhyming book although it tried to be, and the odd choice of words made the flow feel stilted. As a parent and storyteller, I would not find this book a favorite to read aloud but could see kids engaging in the pictures on their own.

My son LOVED this book. He absolutely adored finding out what groups of each animal were called. His name is also “Jay” so he thought it was HILARIOUS that a group if Jays is a party.
Cute pictures, lots of animals, and fun information. Highly suggest!

Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Kids for an advanced read copy of this book!

A Mischief of Mice is an adorable book that tells about a group of squirrels searching for their missing mice friends at the start of winter. The squirrels encounter several other groups of animals on their hunt for their friends.

This book is a wonderful way to educate elementary readers on animal grouping names or to help children learn about animals in winter. It would make a great addition to a classroom library!

What a cute little book! The art style is lovely and it’s easy to determine each animal (which is helpful when you’re teaching different animals to your toddler) it’s an easy read and flows nicely! My little one enjoyed the search for the mice.

*I received a free copy of this book and I’m leaving this review of my own volition.

A mischief of mice is a mystery story about all the animals coming together to find out what happened to the group of mice. This was a cute story! The animals all worked together well. I also loved the illustrations and this is a perfect book for fall. I think kids will really like trying to solve the mystery.

Thanks so much to netgalley and sourcebook kids for the arc of this book in exchange for an honest review!