[.uk] Mole and the Baby Bird (ISBN 0747561192)

beautiful story about love:
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.

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

beautiful book:
I was 6 months pregnant when my older son got this book as a gift and it made my eyes well up every time I read it. It's a beautiful book. Both the story and the illustrations are wonderful.

Wonderful!:
This small story is a gem: simply told, beautifully illustrated. The story - young Mole saves a baby bird that has fallen from the nest, cages it because he doesn't want to lose it, then learns to free it because he loves it - conveys a familiar lesson. But it is deft, never heavy-handed, with lessons for parents as well as children. Mole's parents tell him he should let the bird go, but cannot convince him. His wiser grandfather gives Mole a taste of the joy of flight; Mole learns his lesson from experience, not authority. Best of all, our daughter loves it.

Just a lovely story...:
My husband picked this up for my son (18 months) at our local independent bookstore. Since then, it is a consistent favorite - not just with our son, but with the entire family. It is beautifully told, a lovely tale, and wonderfully illustrated. I actually came on this site hoping to find more of her books in print. I believe it is a story that will bear re-telling for years to come.