Jasen's Reviews > Little Bird

My son loves it more than I did. I think he connected with the critters. My main beef was the language and diction; it was hard to read aloud and I felt lost in some sentence and not in a good way. The Eyes and the Impossible had a similar flow but was much more well written & a joy to read aloud.

“Little Bird had too much good sense to think she had flown above the clouds, but it took her so long to wonder if those not-clouds might be sheep that she had created the next hill before she figure it out.” P.124

“She wished she had never known anything about humans and turkeys and raccoons. That was not possible, of course; no bird could fly backward through a day even if--for only a little time--Little Bird pretended she was.” P.228

“It was--it was perfect, to fly like that,” she remembered. “It was--better than anything.” She was thinking over everywhere she’d been. “Every place I know has sad and dangerous things in it.” P.314

“Because you’re a bird, and a crow, too. That means you can go wherever you choose. You just need to choose. In fact, you have to choose. But you get to choose, and most animals don’t. I never did,” Brutus said. He chewed and thought. Little Bird watched, and waited. She had learned that Brutus would have more to say, when he chewed and thought.” P.315

“You didn’t get to see so many new things, and have so many good and bad things happen, and stay the same. Even Our Luck hasn’t come back the same, little bird thought. It had come back Their Luck, and that made her laugh quietly to herself, ke-ke-ke, as she slept into sleep.” P.329