Small Things Mended author-Elisa Boxer and Lira finds herself facing

and Lira finds herself facing the same tragic fate as her ancestor

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

“Fitcher’s Bird

Unable to sing

To find her

Small Things Mended author-Elisa Boxer and Lira finds herself facingThe 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,