This is a beautiful, sensitive and emotional book. The pictures are stunning, often telling the story alone, and always adding a deeper meaning to the text. The care and kindness throughout the book, attributed to such a young child, amongst others, says such a lot about valuing our younger generation. The ending is a cliff hanger and the children in my class were much divided about how they felt about the final page. I would recommend this book to anyone, young or old. I read it to my 4 year old grandson and to my 80 year old mum to equal delight. A book that will live with me forever.