Bravemole

by Lynne Jonell

Book Overview

Mole was an ordinary mole. His burrow wasn't anything special, and his job was the usual for a mole: digging, tunneling, moving a little earth from here to there. But he had a loving molewife and a little babymole at home and he was very happy. Then one day the unthinkable happened. Dragons attacked the tallest molehills in the forest. Hundreds of moles ran in terror as the molehills collapsed. Mole ran, too, but then he stopped. He looked at his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0399239626
• ISBN13: 9780399239625
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.3" x 0.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Brave mole

Bravemole The book Bravemole is a wonderful story. It shows why you need to be brave to protect the ones you love. This book is great for younger readers. This book is very exciting. Dragons where attacking the mountians and cities. This book has a great moral. The moral is you should never give up even if you are a normal person. This book is a happy book. It is a happy book because a normal mole becomes a hero and everyone likes him. This book is a wonderful story. It is also ecxiting because dragons attack the city. No body is baddly hurt. It has a goo moral too. The moral is you should never give up even if you are a normal person. I highly suggest this book to anyone.

in Extra-ordinary times, no one is ordinary

I lost someone that day. It's not something I can easily discuss, et when I "accidentally" picked up this book for my construction loving son, I didn't know what I was in for, but I am so thankful to have read this book with my children, ages 6 and 8. My 8 year old recognized the storyline though my 6 year old didn't quite pick up on the parallels. It is genlty told, with MUCH room for discussion and interpretation. I wish I knew a construction worker to give it too!

A POIGNANT STORY BRILLIANTLY ILLUSTRATED

In this touching story illustrated with brilliant washed crayon pictures the tragedy of September 11 is revisited as seen by a small animal, a mole, a very ordinary mole at that. Mole begins the bedtime story he tells babymole with "Once upon a time, there was a wicked dragon....," never imagining that he might see a dragon himself. After all, he is a very ordinary mole who sometimes wishes he could be more like Smartmoles who had exciting jobs or Bigmoles who knew a lot and were full of advice. Whenever he wished for this Mole reminded himself of how fortunate he was even though he was so ordinary - he had a wife who loved him and a babymole who thought he was wonderful. Then on an extraordinarily beautiful day as Mole was on his way to his ordinary job he saw a shocking thing - a dragon, "worse than any picture he had seen." Then thousands of moles came running from the tall place where they worked; they were frightened, and Mole was, too. Suddenly they were all Moles Afraid running from the cruel dragon that began crashing into another tall molehill. Then, just as suddenly, Mole turned and went back to the destruction. He did not know what he could do but he began digging. He dug all day and all night along with other ordinary moles. He dug until he was exhausted and his heart felt torn in two. When Mole reached home at last he realized how very many ordinary moles there were in the world, and knew they were strong, brave, and steady. They would do whatever needed to be done to make the world safe for their baby moles. This is a poignant carefully worded story that may well help young ones face their fears and conquer them. - Gail Cooke