It's not one of those books where I'm like, "You must read this, you will love it." It's more like you will love it if your situation makes the lesson helpful. I could see it useful to use when talking about situations like temporary family separations, possibly good for military families or for people who have had to move for work and so on. The mouse goes on a journey and finally arrives 'home' to this other mouse and then describes all those large things as 'small things' in comparison to love. It starts out discussing big things like canyons and stars but then starts talking about this mouse instead. It's one of those big idea sort of books that discuss perspective for children. We got to the end and both sort of shrugged like, 'What was that? I don't get it.' I figured we were missing something and finally read the jacket flap and then figured out what the book was supposed to be. I read this to my daughter without reading the flap first. This isn't just a read it and set it down sort of book, this is a read it and then discuss it sort of book and it will only make sense after it's discussed. If you are reading this aloud, you don't necessarily have to read that jacket flap to the child you are reading the book to, but, you need to be aware of it. Lingering in our blood, it’s a connection to the land, a compassion for the animals and people around us, a longing for wide skies and faraway stars. Important note, you must read the jacket flap first. There’s a bit of the Wild West spirit in all of us, even those of us who have never ridden a horse or slept by a campfire. The illustrations are really pretty, but the text was a bit confusing initially.
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