Small Things Mended author-Elisa Boxer “Fitcher’s Bird

“Fitcher’s Bird

killed at the hands of the king’s guards when Zélie was just a child

They see all the little animals lined up in the school bus’s many windows

Though the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe heartily endorses the little red chicken’s plan

Unable to sing

Small Things Mended author-Elisa Boxer “Fitcher’s BirdThe healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book for fans of A Sick Day for Amos McGhee and Last Stop on Market Street. Kindly Cecil has a broken heart, but when the kids in his neighborhood start asking him to fix their valuablesa music box, a watch, a stuffed elephanthe gradually finds that he knows just how to do this mending. And in return, his circle of new friends offers the mending that his own heart needs. This gentle,