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Summary
New readers will empathize with the endearing mouse in this easy-to-read story by Caldecott Medal winner Emily Arnold McCully. The race is today. Jake, Jane, Mom, and Dad are ready to leave, but where is Nate? He doesn't even want to race. But with Mom's encouragement, Nate enters the race and wins. It turns out that sometimes Nate likes to go slow. And sometimes he likes to go fast! Children will relate to Nate's fears and applaud his courage to try something new. Easy vocabulary, phonics practice, and, most important of all, a great story and the highest quality art make this book essential for every new reader's bookshelf. An I Like to Read(R) book. Guided Reading Level D.
Author Notes
Emily Arnold McCully was born in Galesburg, Illinois on July 1, 1939. She graduated from Pembroke College, now a part of Brown University, in 1961 and received an M.A. in art history from Columbia University.
After graduation, she held a variety of jobs in the art field that included being a commercial artist, a designer of paperback covers, and illustrating advertisements. When one of her illustrations was seen on an advertisement in the subway, she was asked to illustrate Greg Panetta's Sea Beach Express. She accepted that offer and went on to illustrate over 100 children's books. In 1969, she illustrated Meindert de Jong's Journey from the Peppermint Express, which was the first children's book to receive the National Book Award.
Her first solo venture, Picnic, won the Christopher Award in 1985. Mirette on the High Wire won the Caldecott Medal in 1993. Her other children's books include Amazing Felix, Crossing the New Bridge, Grandmas at the Lake, My Real Family, and The Pirate Queen.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 1-Nate, a young mouse, is the slowest one in his family, and he is still asleep the morning everyone else is dressed and ready to leave for the race. "`You race, too,' Mom says to Nate.. `No, I like to go slow.'" However, when the flag drops, he zips down the road with great determination and easily wins the prize. The narrative moves along briskly to a satisfying ending: "Nate likes to go slow-and fast." Attractive pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations feature lively animals that burst with personality. This straightforward story offers an enjoyable read-alone opportunity and a broad message: don't pigeonhole children.-Barbara Elleman, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Mouse Nate likes to go slow (he wakes up long after his parents and siblings), but with his mom's encouragement he runs in a race and wins. Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations picture Nate's family routine and capture his surprising win from last place. Although the bland text is somewhat condescending, the large font size, familiar vocabulary, and repetition are fine for early readers. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
(Picture book/early reader. 4-8)]] Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
Nate, a mouse, is always late, especially today, the day when his brother and sister will run in a race. His mom urges him to race, too, but Nate likes to take things slow. That is, until the race starts and all the other animals take off. (Savvy readers may notice the race starters are a hare and a tortoise.) Then Nate remembers his Mom saying, Go, Nate! Of course, he wins the race, and afterward Nate realizes he likes to go both slow and fast. This easy reader is part of the publisher's successful I Like to Read series, replete with large print and short, easy sentences ( Nate zips ). McCully seems to have a fondness for mice (see Picnic, 2003, and First Snow, 2004), and her pen, ink, and watercolor illustrations of the cutely clothed mice appealingly animate the action of the simple story structure. Kids will readily relate and race to find another book like this one that they can read on their own.--Cummins, Julie Copyright 2010 Booklist