This book usefully demonstrates vocuabulary words relating to quantity. Meh. ( )

Good for very young children...shows what happens when a magpie gets greedy!

A glum magpie gets carried away with collecting after a friendly mouse gives it a marble. The story is cleverly told with visual details accompanied only by a series of simple quantifiers: "something," "a few," and "lots" turn into "too much" until the mouse says "enough!" The animals, their tree home, and the magpie's collection of stuff are all painted in a mesmerizingly realistic style that reminds me a little of David Wiesner. The characters are expressive and relatable, the magpie's hoard is worthy of a game of "I spy," and the conclusion offers a thought-provoking conversation starter: Which of your precious belongings would you keep if you could only choose three?

One magpie, lots of stuff, and a few friendly mice show us that less is more. With very few words and fun, detailed illustrations this picture book asks the question: When is MORE more than enough? Can a team of well-intentioned mice save their friend from hoarding too much stuff? Children will find fun humor as they identify what objects the magpie thinks worthy of collecting.

This book doesnt have a lot of words but the pictures they help to tell a storyr 3 inrrations

This story shows how having more or lots of belongings is not always a good thing. They can in fact weigh you down. The illustrations were nicely done in acrylic paint and colored pencils.

a crow and a mouse are friends. the crow keeps gathering a bunch of different things and finally he gets way too much so his friends help him get rid of some of the trash and figures out how much is enough
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A bird starts collecting anything and everyting. He collects so much the branch breaks. The bird learns that less is more.

Not only is it a simply effective lesson against hoarding and materialism, not only is the art gorgeous, but the vocabulary is terrific, too.  Nothing.  Something.  A few, several, ... plenty... too much...."  Oh, and it's funny, too." ( )

Very nice picture book, the design of the pages gives a much deeper story than the minimal words give.

This accessible story of a bird hoarding objects until her nest full of stuff falls out of a tree is a great beginning reader book. It introduces vocabulary without overwhelming the reader, and has very relevant themes. In a world that tends to assume more is better, this book allows us to take a step back and consider the benefits and freedoms of having less.

Sparse wording, but a great message about excess. ( )

A group of mice save their magpie find from hoarding too much stuff. ( )

B I really like the composite illustrations within the book. It's fun to look through the piles to see what the magpies are collecting before the field mice come in to intervene.

The illustrations in this book are what stand out, for sure. The artwork obviously took a lot of time and you can almost see the individual brush strokes in the illustrations. The bird, who is the subject of the book, is very beautifully drawn.

With the help of a small mouse, a bird begins to collect items for his nest. The reader is taken through the vocabulary for "more", for example: several, plenty and much too much. They collect so much junk that the nest eventually falls to the ground on to of the poor bird. A group of mice then begin taking items away using the vocabulary of "less". The mouse and the bird finally decide on just a few items and that is "enough".

Loved the simplicity of this picture book. Springman and Lies did a wonderful job capturing the habits of the magpie. Love the text. Love the illustrations. ( )

Summary:
This simplistic book explains the importance of having the right amount of things. A bird starts out with nothing at all in his nest. As each page goes, he accumulates more and more things. His friend mouse seems to gaze nervously at his nest as it fills higher and higher. When the nest becomes too full, everything starts falling apart. The mouse helps the bird get rid of things until it has the perfect amount of possessions.
Personal Reaction:
This book spoke to me so much. Each page only had one or two words on it, with very simplistic drawings, that seemed more chaotic as the amount of things piled up in the nest. This was so powerful to me. I have went through many changes in the past year or so, and I could reflect on the weight of everything as things pile up. And the most powerful things is when it is all given up and you are left in a better place with exactly what you need.
Extension Ideas:
1. Have students do a small simulation. Have students stack books higher and higher into their arms. When they say that they can no longer hold all of them, you explain that this is the "too much" point in the book. As you relieve their tired arms by taking one book at a time, ask them how it feels when you have "enough" of something.
2. Have students write about a time they had too much of something (dinner, candy, sweets, etc.) and how it made them feel.
3. Draw the bird with the nest filled high with their favorite items.

This is a story about a bird who starts with nothing in his nest but then gradually adds on more and more to his nest. The vocabulary would e good for younger kids with different words in different context. This would show the children a good amount of vocabulary that is used in different ways. ( )

The bird in this story, a magpie, is always wanting more. After his tree is jam packed with nests and overflowing with junk, his little mice friends help him discover that living with less is just great. This would have been better as a wordless book. I thought that the text just detracted from the story and made the page seem even busier than it already is. However, we can all learn a lesson from this story! ( )

This book tells a good lesson about how sometimes having everything isn't always the best thing. And that having just enough is ok. The book starts with nothing and builds too way too much and then goes back down to enough. The pictures are neat because it shows all of the junk that the bird collects and you can pick out little details. There aren't very many words which make the pictures have more of an impact.

I think this book is a great read for beginners, as it shows the constructing of a birds nest. Through the book the bird adds on and adds off to the nest, as single words describe the birds every move. ( )

More is the story of a Magpie who starts with nothing. After receiving a gift of a single marble from a mouse, she goes on a collecting spree, until she cannot fit anymore in her many nests. Her branch collapses and she is trapped under its weight. The mice help her reduce her belongings to just what she needs and she flies off, light and free from the weight of so much stuff.

Wonderfully drawn, More, covers a bird and a mouse sharing a nest. The bird keeps adding more and more stuff to the nest until it's over-full and a disaster occurs. Mouse and his friends come to the rescue. ( )