I agree this book is not my favorite but there is a lot to think about.

Do we attack first and ask questions later?

What happens when we do? ( )

Not my favorite Steven Kellogg book, but still cute. :) ( )

I can use this book to show the impportance of team work. How important is not anticipate events and get in panic. Also has a good academic vocabulary.

A group of mice decide to sail away to sea and escape the stressful city life of being hunted down by cats and dogs. They reach the Island of Skog and fear what they don't know about the Skog. Both theirs and the Skog's imaginations go wild with fear leading them to act in ways that are harmful. This book has a rich vocabulary of words including narrow escape, general, commander-in-chief, declared, ignoring, harbor, bravely, tanned their pelts, compass, discovered, iceberg, North Pole, captain, business, supplies, convinced, suddenly, freedom, murmurs, cannonballs, waded, cautiously, enormous, footprint, stumble, bait, aloft, volunteer, sand dune, shadowy figure, confessed, plunged, flapping, orchestra and national anthem. ( )

I felt that this book was very well written. It was also cute and silly the way it was written from the perspective of mice. I loved the moral behind the story and the pictures really made it come alive. ( )