BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - ADVISABLE
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
Hugo, a pigeon who is also the park warden is popular with all the neighborhood - animals and people alike. Except one window that isn't open - a shy little girl lives there and Hugo goes to a lot of effort to get her to notice him. Gradually she become more and more brave and the day she opens the window, Hugo is so excited he rushes to her without noticing a dog who chases and injures Hugo. The little girl rescues him and nurses him until he is ready to return to his job, and he's not the same - but neither is the little girl.
I loved this story about community, and watching out for each other. Birgitta Sif's illustrations are so Parisienne - the story doesn't say Paris, but the pictures surely do. A nice story about how we need to take care of each other.
Lisa Librarian
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