Anaed
07-02-2009, 11:57 AM
Borrowed this from the Library today and love it :D
The Happy Hedgehog - Marcus Pfister (http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/WEBSITE/WWW/WEBPAGES/showbook.php?id=0735818169)
Blurb from the back
Mikko, the little hedgehog, loves his garden. He knows all the animals that live there, and all the plants and flowers, too. He understands the healing properties that plants have. He is really quite contented, until the day Grandfather Tarek comes to visit him. "You should take advantage of your youth to accomplish something important so you will be happy! Take a look at how others lead their lives!" Tarek tells him. THat's just what Mikko does ...
All the creatures he meets are very busy and very ambitious, working hard to become the fastest, the cleverest, or the strongest. Mikko tries to do the same as the others, although they don't seem to be enjoying life at all. Could Grandfather Tarek be wrong?
A quote from the end
"No, I don't want to be the stongest he thought, or the cleverest, or the fastest. Why make myself miserable just to be happy in the future when I am already happy. I like the way I am now, here at home in my garden"
Yay for the unschooling Hedgehog!! :lol
It really is lovely :)
The Happy Hedgehog - Marcus Pfister (http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/WEBSITE/WWW/WEBPAGES/showbook.php?id=0735818169)
Blurb from the back
Mikko, the little hedgehog, loves his garden. He knows all the animals that live there, and all the plants and flowers, too. He understands the healing properties that plants have. He is really quite contented, until the day Grandfather Tarek comes to visit him. "You should take advantage of your youth to accomplish something important so you will be happy! Take a look at how others lead their lives!" Tarek tells him. THat's just what Mikko does ...
All the creatures he meets are very busy and very ambitious, working hard to become the fastest, the cleverest, or the strongest. Mikko tries to do the same as the others, although they don't seem to be enjoying life at all. Could Grandfather Tarek be wrong?
A quote from the end
"No, I don't want to be the stongest he thought, or the cleverest, or the fastest. Why make myself miserable just to be happy in the future when I am already happy. I like the way I am now, here at home in my garden"
Yay for the unschooling Hedgehog!! :lol
It really is lovely :)