Mousterpiece by Jane Breskin Zalben

Summary

In the corner of a museum lived a happy mouse named Janson. Every night after the museum was closed she explored the different galleries. Afterwards, her artistic spirit broke out and she entered her own little world of art, copying famous art but in her own way. One night she discovered that the paintings in one gallery had disappeared and it was closed for renovations. This made her sad so every night she painted a picture and left it in an empty room. The more she painted the happier she became. The head of the museum saw her beautiful painting and decided to give her own exhibition. Some people liked her work and others didn't but Janson's mousterpiece was not a copy of  a famous painting but instead her own imagination painting.

Opinion

Only 4 students out of 30 really liked this book. Those who liked it thought it was a great idea to use famous artwork in the story and they enjoyed how, the main character Janson, turned those famous painting into her own work.
Those students who wouldn't recommend this book felt that the author could have used more details and interesting words in the text. Some had questions like: Why was the head of the museum alright with a mouse living in his museum? 
Generally we felt that it was very distracting to the flow of the story to have to go to the back of the book to find out who the real artists were. 
An idea to improve this book would have been if the name of the artist had of been placed somewhere on the page along with the original work of art.