Barbara Mariconda

A rhyming picture book about classification with lots of puzzles and activities included. I wasn't captivated by it, but it won a Children's Choice award, and I won't argue with that. The funny thing is I thought in the end it was pretty lousy of the little mouse's mom to steal all his stuff.

Great book to learn about sorting and how things can be grouped in different ways based on different criteria. Also uses rhyming and has suggested activities and information at the end. I love mice stories and the overall story was cute, though the illustrations were a little off for me. They still illustrated the point well enough though. There’s also cute little things the kids can notice on each page.

Great story! Well done.

Packy has piles of objects that his mother is tired of seeing so it's time to clean up. Through the process of sorting and categorizing is done by the characteristics of the object. Texture, size, color, and shape are examples of how to sort things. This story was told in a rhyming sense as Packy is sorting. As a class, you can have a discussion to see if the students will come up with the same ideas as the rat to practice sorting by using critical thinking skills.