Mousterpiece written and illustrated by Jane Breskin Zalben 

Summary

The setting of this story is a museum.  The main character of the story is Janson, a mouse who lives in an art museum.  The story is about a mouse who loved to go out and explore the museum at night, once it closed.  One night she decided to draw, paint, and sculpt the famous art she found on the wall.  The problem in the story was that Janson discovered that the museum had closed for renovations and all the paintings were gone.   She couldn't believe that the art was gone and felt upset her heart felt shattered into pieces. Janson  came up with a way to solve the problem by deciding to paint her own works of art.  People from all over the world started to notice the art and comment on her work.

Opinion- Did we like it?

The 22/26 students in our class liked the book.  The class enjoyed how Janson took matters into her own hands and created art for the museum.  The book taught us the lesson of feeling confident in creating our own art and not being afraid of what others think or say.  Janson was  very unique. The class enjoyed the illustrations because they painted a picture of the kind of art the mouse was working on.  There is not a lot of text on each page but the illustration matched what the author wrote about.  

The book left our class was wondering about what happens to all of Janson's art when the famous works of art are ready to be put back in the museum.  We also wanted to know if Janson continued to make art after the story ended.