Let's Do That Again Hardcover – February 24, 2003 by Hiawyn Oram (Author), Sam Williams (Illustrator)
 
As mother goes about the chores of the day, Little Brownmouse decides to make things more entertaining through amusing and mischievous antics that are done over and over again.
 
From Publishers Weekly
Repetition is the source of a child's delight in Oram's (the Princess Chamomile books) heartwarming if familiar tale. Just ask Little Brownmouse, who would like nothing better than a reprise of anything fun but never seems to get one. As she soaks in her teacup bathtub, "Just when Mrs. Brownmouse wasn't expecting it... Little Brownmouse made a big splash and soaked her!" Mrs. Brownmouse responds with a playful splash, which prompts her daughter's favorite request: "Let's do that again!" Mrs. Brownmouse wisely doesn't acquiesce-she always responds with a calm but firm "Hmm, not now, because right now it's time for..." another task on the day's agenda-but she clearly knows how to make a family "to do" list fun. Williams's (Tumble Me Tumbily) sweet, downy watercolors exude the bottomless affection and unfettered glee shared by mother and daughter. His larger-scale pictures (which he varies with spot illustrations) speak of a safe, idyllic life. In one striking painting, Mrs. Brownmouse gives her daughter a piggyback ride home against a crimson sky, on their way back from a walk in the woods. At book's end, Little Brownmouse proves she is indeed her mother's daughter. When Mr. Brownmouse offers up a cheery "Boo!" and asks "Shall we do that again?" she replies, "Oh, no! Not now!" And with good reason-a closing portrait shows the trio sharing "a great, big good-night hug!" Ages 2-6.
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