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Mouse and Spoon
A Porcupine Wedding: Ready-to-Read Level 2
The baker mice cater a porcupine wedding in the fourth book in the Mouse and Spoon Level 2 Ready-to-Read series from Newbery Medal winner and author of the Henry and Mudge series, Cynthia Rylant!
Ginger, Piper, and Tom of the Mouse and Spoon Bakery have a very important making lots of super sticky buns for a porcupine wedding!
Ginger, Piper, and Tom of the Mouse and Spoon Bakery have a very important making lots of super sticky buns for a porcupine wedding!
- GenresAnimals
32 pages, Paperback
Published January 13, 2026
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About the author
Cynthia Rylant
507 books868 followersAn author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for children and young adults as well as an author and author/illustrator of picture books for children, Cynthia Rylant is recognized as a gifted writer who has contributed memorably to several genres of juvenile literature. A prolific author who often bases her works on her own background, especially on her childhood in the West Virginia mountains, she is the creator of contemporary novels and historical fiction for young adults, middle-grade fiction and fantasy, lyrical prose poems, beginning readers, collections of short stories, volumes of poetry and verse, books of prayers and blessings, two autobiographies, and a biography of three well-known children's writers; several volumes of the author's fiction and picture books are published in series, including the popular "Henry and Mudge" easy readers about a small boy and his very large dog.
Rylant is perhaps most well known as a novelist. Characteristically, she portrays introspective, compassionate young people who live in rural settings or in small towns and who tend to be set apart from their peers.
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Rylant is perhaps most well known as a novelist. Characteristically, she portrays introspective, compassionate young people who live in rural settings or in small towns and who tend to be set apart from their peers.
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February 11, 2026
Hooked on phonics? More like hooked on FUN. 🐟🧚♀️🍌👽
I just took a full-on reading adventure through some of the cutest Ready-to-Read and early chapter books, and honestly? I had the BEST time!
From a teeny fish with big confidence in I Am a Big Fish! to a grumpy, treasure-obsessed kitty in Nat the Cat Finds a Map, these stories are packed with humor that genuinely made me laugh out loud. And don’t even get me started on Beep Bop Boop! three tiny aliens shouting nonsense while humans panic? Iconic chaos.👽
Then there’s the Level 2 crew bringing the giggles and heart:
A Porcupine Wedding had me stressed for those poor baker mice making sticky buns for spiky customers. Getting All Dressed Up! was such a fun, colorful peek at cultural fashion around the world educational without feeling like homework. And Bad Banana? I will never look at a spotty banana the same way again. Squishy comedy at its finest.🍌
But the real magic for me was in the fairy-filled chapter books.✨
The Fairy Scout Friends series No Rain, No Rainbow and The Flutterfly Effect is all about misfit fairies figuring out teamwork, confidence, and believing in themselves with just enough sparkle and silliness to keep emerging readers hooked. Rain learning that she can’t always do it alone? Flutterfly trying to unlock her magic? My heart melted.
And don’t even talk to me about A Surprise for Willow and A Wish for Lily. Tiny fairies helping their human bestie through stage fright and beach adventures? The friendship themes are so sweet and gentle, but still full of real stakes that ocean wave had me holding my breath!
What I love most about this whole stack is how each book meets kids exactly where they are whether they’re sounding out their very first words or diving into illustrated chapter books. They’re funny, warm, encouraging, and full of big feelings in small, accessible packages.
Basically? This is the kind of early reading lineup that builds confidence and makes kids beg for just one more chapter.
✨️Thank you Simon Kids and all of theses authors for sharing these books with us!
I just took a full-on reading adventure through some of the cutest Ready-to-Read and early chapter books, and honestly? I had the BEST time!
From a teeny fish with big confidence in I Am a Big Fish! to a grumpy, treasure-obsessed kitty in Nat the Cat Finds a Map, these stories are packed with humor that genuinely made me laugh out loud. And don’t even get me started on Beep Bop Boop! three tiny aliens shouting nonsense while humans panic? Iconic chaos.👽
Then there’s the Level 2 crew bringing the giggles and heart:
A Porcupine Wedding had me stressed for those poor baker mice making sticky buns for spiky customers. Getting All Dressed Up! was such a fun, colorful peek at cultural fashion around the world educational without feeling like homework. And Bad Banana? I will never look at a spotty banana the same way again. Squishy comedy at its finest.🍌
But the real magic for me was in the fairy-filled chapter books.✨
The Fairy Scout Friends series No Rain, No Rainbow and The Flutterfly Effect is all about misfit fairies figuring out teamwork, confidence, and believing in themselves with just enough sparkle and silliness to keep emerging readers hooked. Rain learning that she can’t always do it alone? Flutterfly trying to unlock her magic? My heart melted.
And don’t even talk to me about A Surprise for Willow and A Wish for Lily. Tiny fairies helping their human bestie through stage fright and beach adventures? The friendship themes are so sweet and gentle, but still full of real stakes that ocean wave had me holding my breath!
What I love most about this whole stack is how each book meets kids exactly where they are whether they’re sounding out their very first words or diving into illustrated chapter books. They’re funny, warm, encouraging, and full of big feelings in small, accessible packages.
Basically? This is the kind of early reading lineup that builds confidence and makes kids beg for just one more chapter.
✨️Thank you Simon Kids and all of theses authors for sharing these books with us!
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January 19, 2026I love the Mouse and Spoon series!
February 20, 2026
Such a "sweet" book. I love how they show they can be accommodating and how it works out. Quiet fun.
February 23, 2026
A very adorable tale of a mouse bakery baking sticky buns for a porcupine wedding! Gorgeous illustrations and still simple words for more advanced stages of early reading.
February 27, 2026
Cute, however, I enjoy Rylant’s Henry and Mudge series much more.
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