Book Review: The Adventures of Mitee Mite by David John

Title: The Adventures of Mitee Mite
Author: David John
Publisher: Mitee Mite
Pages: 120 pages total in series
Genre:  Children's Picture Book

Building on a desire to teach children about time, shapes, measurements, and money, author David John created THE ADVENTURES OF MITEE MITE series. In the same way that many of us learned our ABCs, the book and app (available on Google Play and iTunes) collection helps young readers learn how many seconds are in a minute, the number of sides different shapes contain, and more, using a catchy tune that captures their attention and motivates learning.

Focusing on children from age 3 to 11 years old, THE ADVENTURES OF MITEE MITE book and app series offers its readers a dynamic female superhero, Mitee Mite, as their guide through the often tricky terrain involved with mastering time, shapes, measurements, and money. In her matching red cape and boots, Mitee Mite, accompanied by her alarm clock sidekick, Terry the Ticker, activates her superpowers by using her manners, respecting others, and accurately answering questions in the games she encounters during her adventures.

The five books in THE ADVENTURES OF MITEE MITE book and app series include The Time Frame Game and The Time Frame Game Advanced, which break down seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, and years to teach readers the fundamentals of time. The Measuring Game explores the components of feet, yards, and miles, as well as cups, pints, quarts, and gallons. Mitee Mite teaches kids about currency in The Money Game and dives into a colorful world of triangles, squares, hexagons, and more in The Shape Game. The companion song for this series (available at www.miteemite.com) helps kinds absorb the skills in an enjoyable and interactive way.

The idea for THE ADVENTURES OF MITEE MITE book and app series came about when David was faced with a dire challenge. “One day as I was babysitting my friends’ children, and not having any idea what to do, I made up fun games to help them learn,” David revealed. The goal of the series is to expose children to a variety of lessons in a manner that is fun, relatable, and memorable. David says, “Mitee Mite was created to help give children a head start on the basics of time, measurements, shapes, and money.”

David’s daughter, whom he calls his “Little Mite,” is the inspiration for the main character and the themes of the series. David’s desire to teach his daughter the basic skills featured in THE ADVENTURES OF MITEE MITE book and app series has expanded into the goal of sharing these lessons with other children through his “You Buy, They Read” program. “We plan to give away one book for every one bought to kids in need.” In addition, David will donate $1 for every $2 of the gross sales of apps to teachers “who are going into their own pockets to buy supplies.”

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Book Review:

Before I begin my review, I just have to mention the wonderful illustrations of Tracy Ahumada. Fun, colorful and matched the storyline perfectly. The Adventures of Mitee Mite is actually a series of five wonderfully written picture books. 

In no particular order, they consist of The Measuring Game, The Time Frame Game, The Shape Game, The Money Game and The Time Frame Game Advanced. In The Measuring Game, children are given an early glimpse into the world of measurements with such questions as 'How many seconds in a minute?' and there are four sets of numbers. The child is then given a chance to choose the right number. I can't wait to try this out with my grandkids. The Measuring Game gives children such questions as 'How many inches in a foot?' and 'How many quarts in a gallon?'.  The Time Frame Game gives children questions about time and The Shape Game gives them questions about shapes such as 'How many sides in a pentagon?' The Money Game gives kids questions such as 'How many nickels in a dime?' and 'How many pennies in a dime?' Again I can't wait to try these books on the grandkids.

I loved these books and give them 5 rainbows.