'If You Take a Mouse to School' captivates

If you take a mouse to school, he'll ask you for your lunchbox. When you give him your lunchbox, he'll want a sandwich. Then he'll need a notebook and pencils...

St. Paul elementary students met in Jenkins Gym on Tuesday afternoon for the fun-filled play “If You Take a Mouse to School.”  The play, sponsored by Bridgestone, was presented by the Illusion Factory children’s theater company of Akron.

Ernest Nolan’s adaptation of the children’s best seller by Laura Joffe Numeroff is about
a young boy who takes a mouse to school, and how the day’s events tumult into hilarity and hijinks.

Besides doing a little math and spelling a word or two, Mouse creates chaos.  It's never been more fun to go to school.

There also was a bit of interaction Tuesday when the teacher asked students to join in the Pledge of Allegiance.  The school bus used as a prop was especially successful.

Younger students especially were enamored as the Mouse charged happily through his day.

Numeroff  has written many children’s books including the New York Times #1 bestselling If You Take a Mouse to the Movies and If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.

For more on  Numeroff, click on the headline to visit her very own fun website.

Students watch antics of Mouse intently