by Laura Krauss Melmed, illustrated by Jim LaMarche

 

I really enjoyed the danger in this book. It kept the story interesting and differentiated it from other stories about old, childless couples.

Children, especially, little girls are drawn to tiny things. I wanted desperately to be Tinkerbell as a child and I've never really gotten over my own obsession (which is likely why I still like playmobil as a grown woman).

Anyway, in this story a sweet old childless couple miraculously find 12 teeny tiny babies after a magical moonlight rain shower. Without a second thought they begin to care for and protect the babies as their own. And that's all I'm going to tell you! It's a sweet story with great illustrations.

My son just read this book and gives it a "3". He read it with gusto, emphasizing each "Boooooo" but overall found it a bit boring and not at all "hilarious" unlike Dragon's Halloween by Dav Pilkey which had us both smiling from beginning to end. The repetitiveness of the repeated rhyming patterns was dull for an 8 year old and the creatures too spooky for my younger daughter who is not into ghoulies at all. The "mad doctor" brought back some memories of lost hours I'd like to recover while watching Stephen King's "Kingdom Hospital" but other than that I found it pretty blah as well. I'm glad I bought the cheapie Scholastic version.