This book is excellent and is currently our 18 month old son's favorite! The text is captivating and the illustrations are wonderful. He seems to know it by heart b/c he says some of the words on each page. When I try to read, "Give half to me," he starts hitting his chest and saying his name- so I change the words a bit. He LOVES this book!

This adorable book has been a favorite of my son (now 14 months) for about 3 months now. I also enjoy the clever book, with its beautiful illustrations, and cute story about a mouse who is convinced to share a luscious strawberry...even though the big, hungry bear never appears! Bound to be a favorite in your household. My son just loves turning the pages.

This is a short but very clever story! On the back of my hardcover copy it states..."The little mouse will do anything to save his strawberry from the big, hungry bear. The bear holds all the cards, but who is playing the fox's role?" There isn't any mention of a fox in this story, but you as the reader talk this little mouse into sharing his strawberry with you, so that the big hungry bear doesn't get it! That makes us the fox, and my child thinks THAT is really funny! Also funny is the mouse trying to hide the strawberry in dirt with a mouse sized shovel, namely a spoon! He guards the strawberry with chains and tacks. He disguises it with glasses, a large nose and a mustache and then sits it down to join him for tea! However you being the clever fox you are, talk him into cutting it in half and sharing it with you. He happily eats his half by candlelight using the top of the strawberry as a garnish! The details in the illustrations are beautiful as Don Wood strikes another home run. I love that Audrey Wood keeps the story simple, so that I am not droning on and on. My 20 month old does better with shorter reads!

I remeber this book from when I was a child. I just rediscovered it here on Amazon and boy did the memories come flooding back of my mother reading it too me over and over again each night before I went to bed.

This is simply a classic book with wonderful illustrations and great narration that teaches a very valuable lesson about sharing. Not to mention the page where he disguises the strawberry with glasses and a nose still makes me laugh to this day.