Gail Donovan was fired from her first job in an ice cream shop for making the sundaes too big She now works in a library and writes middle grade novels including SPARROW SPREADS HER WINGS the sequel to SPARROW BEING SPARROW as well as the Moonbeam Children s Book Award winner FINCHOSAURUS and IN MEMORY OF GORFMAN T FROG named to the New York Public Library s 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing list She has also written for the Rainbow Fish Friends picture book series based on the bestselling work of Marcus Pfister Donovan lives on the coast of Maine where she jumps in the ocean all year round. I was the lucky recipient of an advance reader copy and I enjoyed every moment of this beautiful book the continuation of dear Sparrow Robinson s story Many themes here and all good ones how to be a good friend the desire to help others worry about a new baby sibling s imminent arrival and whether or not he will be important or better than Sparrow Sparrow as a character feels so authentic to me and I identify with her so much or rather the little me inside my grownup self remembers feeling the injustice of being told no something couldn t happen or being told to settle down or be quiet In both of these books I have felt that I was so much like Sparrow as a child and I am quite sure other children and grown up children like myself will agree and find her and her story as compelling as I have English

Sparrow Spreads Her Wings (Sparrow Being Sparrow) By Gail Donovan

1665943076

9781665943079

English

144

Hardcover

In this sequel to the uplifting Publishers Weekly starred review Sparrow Being Sparrow Sparrow rescues an injured animal but soon wonders if she s taken on than she can handle alone. A blizzard is coming and Sparrow s parents are leaving for the hospital to welcome Sparrow s new baby brother but all Sparrow can think about is investigating the strange thwack she heard coming from her bedroom window When she goes outside she finds an injured pigeon getting buried in the snow She has to save it Sparrow and her best friend Paloma bring the bird inside while the grown ups are distracted determined to nurse it back to health But soon Sparrow realizes that helping the bird recover especially with curious kittens around the house will be much harder than she thought If she asks for help will it mean letting go of her new animal friend Sparrow Spreads Her Wings Sparrow Being Sparrow .