Will Hillenbrand

The illustrations are absolutely stunning. Beautiful. Sweeping in scope. Visual story-telling par excellence.

Tiny Hubert, a library loving mouse, leaves the library and cuts through the "Hollow" to get home quicker because the storm is intensifying. He meets a caring stranger who traverses the dangerous Hollow with him.

I highly recommend this book for hours of perusal, reading, and new story-making-time with your little ones. Its fun, encouraging, and a bit on the scary side but with a good outcome.

I received a complimentary copy to facilitate a review. Opinions are mine, alone and are freely given.… (más)

On a windy spring day, Bear sniffs the air. Could it be. . . Kite day? Rushing home he tells Mole, and the two fast friends get to work building a kite of their own. They study, and collect, and measure, and construct—and soon, their kite is flying high above the meadow. But when a storm rumbles in—SNAP!—the kite string breaks, and all their hard work soars away. Chasing after it, Mole and Bear discover all is not lost—wedged in the branches of a tree, their kite protects a nest of baby birds from the pouring rain.… (más)