Newman, Marjorie / illustrated by Patrick Benson

Mole and the Baby Bird - New York Bloomsbury c2004 - unpaged col. illus.

Awards: A School Library Journal Best book of the Year; A Book Sense 76 Children's Pick; A Junior Libary Guild Selection; and a Christopher Award winner.

GRL H Lexile 120L RL 1.8 Added to collection March 2007 from regular budget.

Mole rescues a baby bird, cares for it, and loves it, until the day he realizes it is because he loves it that he must set it free.

ISBN: 1582349142 (Board Book)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Love--Fiction
Moles (Animals)--Fiction
Birds--Fiction
Grade 1 science theme Needs of Living Things
Grade 4 science theme habitats