Mole and the Baby Bird

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Summary: Great book.
Review: A beautiful, touching, honest book with a great lesson.

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Summary: First Graders Recommend
Review: First grade students complimented the charming watercolor illustrations, THEN noted that this story is both happy and sad. When Mole finds an abandoned baby bird, he takes it home. He builds a nest for his new charge, finds it food, and learns how to feed it. When the bird flutters its wings to fly, Mole builds a cage. Thankfully, grandfather arrives just in time and helps Mole learn the lesson of love and loss. First graders waited with bated breath for the story's conclusion. Would Mole set the baby bird free?

Rating:
Summary: First Graders Recommend
Review: First grade students complimented the charming watercolor illustrations, THEN noted that this story is both happy and sad. When Mole finds an abandoned baby bird, he takes it home. He builds a nest for his new charge, finds it food, and learns how to feed it. When the bird flutters its wings to fly, Mole builds a cage. Thankfully, grandfather arrives just in time and helps Mole learn the lesson of love and loss. First graders waited with bated breath for the story's conclusion. Would Mole set the baby bird free?

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Summary: Uber-great book
Review: Mole And The Baby Bird is the color picture book story of a mole who finds a young wild creature in need and tries his best to look after it. But wild creatures are not pets, and soon Mole must accept that the bird he sheltered can't stay with him forever. Written by Marjorie Newman and illustrated by Patrick Benson is highly recommended as a gentle parable with an important life lesson for young readers.

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Summary: beautiful story about love
Review: Mole finds a baby bird and wants to keep it as a pet. He loves his bird so much but realizes, with the help of Granddad Mole, that the bird is meant to fly.

The lesson of loving and letting go is a special one in this book.