Mouse Says "Sorry" (Hello Genius)

To me, this book doesn't really get the point across about "sorry" and my daughter isn't really a big fan of this one. We are teaching our 19 month old to say "sorry" and I was hoping this book would be a hit like the "Bear Says Thank You" one that we have from the same series. However, this doesn't really teach when to say sorry to a toddler without more explaining. Basically, the mouse gets mud everywhere and disrupts a bunch of people, each page is someone saying something like, "Watch out, Mouse!" or "Careful, Mouse!" and the mouse just saying, "Sorry!" in return. That's it. The end, he gets in trouble for being late, and his response is, "Sorry, I got here as fast as I could." That's it. Not much of a story if you ask me.... I don't really think that this book teaches sorry. The illustrations are cute, and hopefully me reading this to her and just saying "sorry" a bunch of times helps, but I don't think she really gets the point with this one.

Our family is a big fan of the books in this series – Penguin Says Please was an early favorite. I'm sad to report that Mouse Says Sorry did not live up to that standard! Here's the plot: this poor little mouse rushes home, running over various creatures in his zeal to get there quickly (inspiring him to say sorry quite often). Upon arrival, he is berated by his dad mouse and, with tears in his eyes, replies, I got here as fast as I could! Geeze louise – this poor mouse ruined a lot of other critters' days trying to rush home and was met with no understanding or sympathy or encouragement! Not to mention, there's no real understanding of what "sorry" really means in this book. The thing I am MOST sorry about is that I missed the return window. To MOUSE SAYS SORRY, I say, no thank you!

I like this series of books, but I found this one rather flip and does not really teach why we say sorry. The mouse runs through various situations, making a mess and destroying other people's belongings, and then just says sorry and runs off. He is late to dinner and says sorry to his mother. It kind of implies that he was correct to do all of the other things because he was late. I would prefer more emphasis on making things right when you are wrong instead of just saying "sorry" and running away. Destroying other people's stuff and making a mess because you are late without going back and making amends or changing the behavior doesn't really teach anything.

We were really disappointed with this book and the message in it. We have “Bear Says Thank You” and “Penguin Says Please” and we loved the message delivered in those. It really helped us to teach our daughter both please and thank you... this book does not help a little one understand ‘sorry’. It just seems like it gives the message that you should rush through everything, and even then, you are still disappointing everyone. We honestly felt bad for a mouse in a children’s book! We will definitely not be reading this book often, and we will for sure not use it to teach our daughters about being sorry.

This book is the worst childrens book I have read since Fat Magic. Mouse goes on page after page causing problems and says sorry. The first time I read it, I was wondering how it would end and how mouse would fix all the trouble he caused and nothing happened! I am glad I read this myself before reading to my toddler as the message is a poor one.

I love the Hello Genius series.Both of my children have read the books in the series over and over. They explain a simple concept in a very clear way.Mouse Says Sorry is about a mouse who is racing to get home because they are late for dinner. Mouse says "sorry" to other animals as they make messes in their rush to get home.My kids were about 2 years old when they started engaging in these books and around 4 they stopped requesting the books at bedtime.Little Monkey Calms Down and Little Elephant Listens are two favorites (the kids memorized them).I believe this series teaches basic life skills that are important for children to know. I noticed my kids saying "excuse me" and "please" more often after reading particular books in the series.

Basically the entire book is the mouse getting his friends dirty, ruining his friend's painting, etc. and going home late for dinner. Each time the mouse says sorry and moves on when the lesson should be to help friends clean up. At the end of the book, the mouse is tracking dirt on the ground and with dirty hands eating dinner. I'm pretty sure a mom at this point wouldn't be nagging about being late for dinner. This book doesn't make any sense at all.

This mouse certainly says sorry a lot, but the story appears to almost suggest that it was alright for the mouse to do all the things he did because he was rushing to get home. There is no clear message about when and why we should say sorry (and also that we should not stop merely with our words). The other books in this series are great. This one I wont read to my kids.

Our busy two year old is building vocabulary at a rate of knots but "sorry" was not in it so we went for this book. It has really worked for us as the simple story shows the mouse causing mishaps (such as knocking acorns over from the squirrel's store)and then saying sorry as he realises his mistake. The pattern is repeated through the book and set against bright, colourful backgrounds wih simple senarios. Our little one loves reading it and often picks it out for story time so the message is being reinforced daily. As a result we're hearing "sorry" in context. I am thinking of getting the "Excuse Me" one for Christmas.

Don't buy this if you're trying to teach your child to say sorry. The mouse isn't naughty. He causes accidents by mistake. Probably meant for children under 2.

Whilst the content is very basic and requires you to make up the story around it - and a bit disjointed ending - it worked a treat to get my 3yr old son to allow 'sorry' to pass his lips in context!

My daughter started understanding the importance of when to say sorry after we got this book. (She’s 2.5). Great easy read book, recommend!

Wonderful images and easy to understand. My 2 and 4 year old love these books

Mouse is a little thoughtless with his actions and his resulting sorry. There is something missing from this short book.

Good

We have several of Michael Dahl's books and this one isn't the best we've liked but still very good, great series

My daughter says sorry correctly and constantly starting at 13 months thanks to this...

My 2 years old loves this book.She collected the other 3 series. The penguin, polar bear, and hippo. Great for teaching your kids manners. The graphics are pretty too.

1歳の息子は、このシリーズ大好きです。製本がしっかりしているのもいいですね。