The Five Mouse Brothers

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Together they developed five easy and entertaining books for children, often using popular books from the west for inspiration about how to make books appealing. These first five books were: Three of the books were illustrated by Ounla Santi, a Vientiane art student who has continued to illustrate many books for the project. Two others were illustrated by Tha Tao and Taeng Thaotueheu, high school students who placed first and second in an art contest that Alyson sponsored in an effort to find promising young illustrators.

Publishers in Laos are required to have a special publishing license, and each book must be registered with and approved by the government. At the end of , Alyson entered into an agreement with Dokked, a Vientiane-based publisher, to act as publisher for these first five books. They came off the press in March , [5] under the Dokked imprint, but also carrying the Big Brother Mouse logo.

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Soon after that, Sasha agreed with Khamla Panyasouk, author of one of the first books, that they would form a new entity to act as publisher for future books, with Khamla as the owner, and Alyson as the volunteer adviser. In June , Khamla graduated from college, obtained his business license, and then received a publishing license. It was, according to officials, the first publishing license they had ever awarded in Luang Prabang Province , and required extra research for them to learn to how to do it.

It is Lao custom to identify people only by first names, even in formal situations. This article uses that first-name convention for people living in Laos, and last names for people living where that usage is customary. Big Brother Mouse began exploring other ways to get books into distribution. On 29 December , they went to a school in Ban Nunsawat, a rural village on the outskirts of Luang Prabang.

Khamla discussed the importance of books, Siphone talked about writing books, and Tha Tao gave an art lesson. This developed into the rural school book parties that later became the primary distribution mechanism for Big Brother Mouse books. In its first year, Big Brother Mouse published 30 books, and has continued at approximately that rate. It continues to run book parties in rural schools, and that program has expanded considerably, with 31 of these events in , in , increasing to in In , Big Brother Mouse began experimenting with another way to create book access in rural villages, by setting up small reading rooms in the home of a volunteer.

This is still conducted on a smaller scale than the school book parties.

The project aims to continue making books available, through village reading rooms such as these in other regions of Laos. This commitment was one of three that was highlighted at the plenary session of the Clinton Global Initiative , held in Hong Kong in Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Refresh and try again.

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The Five Mouse Brothers 3. One brother, falsely accused of thievery, must face the "Wheel of Doom. Fortunately, an ingenious plan with the help of their family secret may just save the day. Join the mouse brothers on this fun and entertaining adventure, adapted from a classic Chinese folktale. Best-selling author Rachel, 16 years old, is a young high school student from California who spends her free time using her vivid imagination to write stories.

She has an unquenchable passion for science fiction and fantasy. A Dragon Named Dragon children's picture book is Rachel's first endeavor to the literary world. Rachel was recently featured on MTV Geek. Kindle Edition , 56 pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

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To ask other readers questions about The Five Mouse Brothers , please sign up. Be the first to ask a question about The Five Mouse Brothers. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Jul 27, Linda Hann rated it liked it. Good I like this book Alot. I read this to my little brothers and they loved it. So did i, it was a funny story too. In a new take on "The Seven Chinese Brothers", a traditional Chinese story, five mouse brothers are harvesting grain. One of the mice, Brother Hong, is accused of stealing grain from some other mice, and faces the Wheel of Doom as punishment.

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The Wheel of Doom sentences Brother Hong to death by mousetrap. However, each of the brothers has a special skill. Can the mice figure out a way to use their skills to save Brother Hong? The story is cute and pretty simple, and would appeal to readers in fir In a new take on "The Seven Chinese Brothers", a traditional Chinese story, five mouse brothers are harvesting grain.

The story is cute and pretty simple, and would appeal to readers in first or second grade.

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The illustrations are a good addition to the story, but seem a little too cartoon-like. Each of the mice wears a different color of vest, and their names are the Cantonese word for the color they wear. This book can complement a lesson about Chinese tales or culture. This is the classic tale with one of the mice brothers being accused of stealing rice from the other mice in the village. With each of the brothers having a unique gift they work together to save each other from death.

When the village council cannot come up with a punishment that will effect Brother Hong it is decided that they must have been mistaken and he is cleared of being a thief. What I have always liked about this story is the fact that even though each brother has a different gift, together they can help save their brothers.