Book 43 of the series
Pip and the Weight of One Small Thing
Some things cannot be carried alone — and the bravest step is the one you take when someone stays beside you.
Buy on Amazon ↗- Ages
- 3-7
- Reading level
- Grade 1
- Length
- 739 words
How it begins
“The smell of warm earth and old wood comes first, before Pip's eyes are open. A circle of amber light rests on the stone floor, perfectly still, as though it has been waiting there a long time. Pip stretches both forepaws forward and yawns.”
Children will love
- •An earthy underground library lined with pressed flowers, where a young badger can't push open one stubborn door
- •Pip rubbing beeswax along a stiff old hinge, so the hardest part of Bremble's first step outside goes quiet
- •Bremble standing above ground in the amber afternoon at last, leaving one polished pebble behind