Overview
“This is a sweet, sad story of how newborn Little Meadow Mouse is very ill and passes away too soon. There is no further explanation for why he dies, but the surviving animal friends and Mommy Meadow Mouse, grieve for the little mouse and send his little body “to the other side”, and wades his little basket into the sea. A helpful book for parents who have lost babies soon after birth or before and have other children they need to talk to about it. The illustrations are sweet and help move the story along.” – Brittany, GoodReads
When Little Meadow Mouse is born all the animals are happy, except for Squirrel. He notices that Little Meadow Mouse is ill. The baby gets weaker and weaker. Beaver, Hamster, Porcupine and Squirrel stay close to him and his Mommy. After Little Meadow Mouse takes his final breath, the other animals take him to the sea to say goodbye.
A touching story with tender pictures about the death of a newly born meadow mouse and how the other animals deal with it. For children ages 4 and up.