The books have been written over a period of 11 years so far with the latest appearing in 2016. I don't know if others are planned, but I hope so.
The current books include these.
- Queen of the World!
- Our Hero
- Beach Babe
- Rock Star
- Heartbreaker
- Camp Babymouse
- Skater Girl
- Puppy Love
- Monster Mash
- Babymouse: The Musical
- Dragonslayer
- Babymouse Burns Rubber
- Cupcake Tycoon
- Mad Scientist
- A Very Babymouse Christmas
- Babymouse for President
- Extreme Babymouse
- Happy Birthday, Babymouse
- Bad Babysitter
- Babymouse Goes for the Gold
I read books 1, 2, 3, 4, and (because I apparently can't tell the difference between a "5" and a "15") 15, which was okay because it was good to read the Christmas book.
To give you an idea of what these books are like, here's a synopsis of Queen of the World.
Babymouse is stuck with lots of things she doesn’t like. She wishes she could be Queen of the World, like Felicia Furrypaws, the uber-popular, diva cat at school.
At school, her locker is stuck, but her best friend, Wilson the Weasel, helps her open it. In class, she gets caught passing notes - again.
At lunch, she overhears that Felicia is having a slumber party. She wonders if she’ll be invited. She gets an invitation only because she gives her book report to Felicia. But then she’s in trouble for not having one of her own.
The party date is the same night she promised to watch Attack of the Squid with Wilson. She chooses the party, but all they do is talk and have beauty lessons. She makes a mess of things literally. They also watch a romantic movie.
Babymouse finally realizes she is already a queen. She leaves the party and goes to watch the movie with Wilson.
Each of these books tries to teach a life lesson. The Christmas book doesn't mention Jesus (not surprised there), but says that the holiday is all about love and family. That's fine as far as it goes. Lessons in other books are okay too.
One very important feature of these books that I didn't mention in the summary is that, from time to time, Babymouse has wild daydreams. These fit very well into the storyline but contain topics that very young readers probably haven't experienced yet.
Some of these topics are old-timey detective stories, Cinderella, black holes, Hearts (the card game), and Frankenstein.
This makes these books very appropriate for adults to read to or with children. The adults will immediately appreciate the humor in the daydreams and can explain them as needed to the children.
You'll find the series in the children's graphic novels section of your library. (I didn't know until now that there was such a section.)
If the opportunity arose, I would gladly read more of these books. I'm especially curious about Cupcake Tycoon. (Babymouse loves cupcakes which appear in every book I read.)
