A Weekend with Wendell

Henkes mice are adorable. His stories keep the interest of pre schoolers up to early readers. Fun for the reader as well. His books teach patience and kindness. Must haves for the whole family.

Great book, first graders enjoy this read aloud and the author is sensational

The children love me to read this over and over, especially the part where Wendell played himself, the father, the mother, and 5 kids, and made his cousin the Dog!!

I love all books by Kevin Henkes. As a former teacher of Pre-K, Kindergarten, and First Grade I strongly suggest his books for any home library. Every baby shower I am invited to, I give several of his books.

Great - Just as advertised. Wonderful story about patience with a difficult person winning out in the end.

A classic! Kevin Henkes is a master. This is a great social-emotional learning book for kids.

My almost 4 year old granddaughter loves all the Henkes stories, especially when there's challenges brought on by an older sibling, or in this case, a family friend.

This is a story about a weekend when Wendell mouse comes to visit his cousin Sophie mouse. She is not happy with the visit. When he arrives, he skips up the stairs leaving Sophie to bring his things up to the room. When they play 'house', Wendell is the mother, the father, the children and Sophie is the dog. When they play 'bakery', Wendell is the baker while Sophie is the sweet roll. At dinner he says he is allergic to everything green and doesn't have to eat any vegetable. It goes on with Sophie feeling more miserable as Wendell gets away with everything. On the last day, they play in the garden and Sophie is fire chief. Wendell wants to be fire chief too. But as they play together with the water and both get wet, they forget about being fire chief and have fun together. So when Wendell has to go home Sophie is sad. They want to spend some time and play together again.This is a very familiar scenario. It happens often. Sometimes cousins don't get along. Eventually they begin to play together and enjoy each other's company.Simple story. Simple illustration. It is a book to read with kids while talking to them about sharing and accepting different characters in others.

Great book