Thelonious Mouse by Orel Protopopescu
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I won a signed copy of Thelonious Mouse in a drawing held by the author on Shelf Awareness. I was drawn to the cover and the title because they implied sass and humor. I was not disappointed. The pictures are lively and the text is jazzy. Thelonious is a little bit too sure of himself and cocky, but he’s a precocious character who knows no fear. The story of a musical mouse who just can’t help himself winning over the cat through music is a good one. I would have preferred a little less telling and a little more showing, but in the main, I enjoyed it very much. I also believe it will be a hit with children because of its energy. Parents will have to wet their whistles before they read this one aloud. It’s a mouthful when Thelonious is at his scatting best.
is about an elementary school student with attention-deficit disorder. Joey tries very, very hard to follow the rules, but between his disorder and his vivid imagination, he finds staying out of trouble to be quite difficult (often with humorous results). The author of the Joey Pigza books, Jack Gantos, does a phenomenal job of reaching into Joey’s head and 
