Holm, Jennifer L., and Matthew Holm. 2005. Babymouse: Queen of the World!. New York: Random House.
Babymouse's world is full of humdrum routine. Get up, get dressed, brush your whiskers, and try not to miss the school bus. What Babymouse really wants, or thinks she really wants anyway, is glamour, excitement, adventure, and most of all, to hang with the popular crowd. And so she does; in her imagination. Unfortunately, Babymouse's imagination kicks in at the most inopportune moments; during math drills, on her way to class, and in the middle of passing notes. Even more unfortunate, imagination can't take the place of what she really wants; an invitation to Felicia Furrypaws', the most popular girl in school, slumber party. So, Babymouse sets about wrangling an invitation and vows to let nothing, not even abandoning her real friend, get in her way. Matthew Holm's black-and-white pen illustrations; sometimes dotted, sometimes splattered with pink, compliment sister Jennifer's storyline in this graphic novel series of the Babymouse in all of us who just wants to wear a tiara on our perfectly smooth, glossy hair, dress in flouncy, pink ballgowns, and rule the world. Third through fifth graders will laugh along and thoroughly identify with Babymouse.
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