From best-selling author of Shy Ones and Hug Me comes a gentle
story about a chipmunk named Mino who must leave their mother and set
off into the big world on their own.
"[Ciraolo's] deep empathy for those on the verge of a big
transition--with all its excitement and anxiety--is unmistakable. At the
last stop, the animals gaze out the bus window, contemplating their
future with a mixture of apprehension and wonder, before disembarking
toward their new lives. The journey has not only mattered--it has
fortified them."
--Publishers Weekly
"Endearing Mino will suck readers in with his excitement about the
world" *--Kirkus Reviews
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Nature is a capricious architect. One wonders what mood she was in, that
time she invented chipmunks. Whatever temper inspired her, it was
decided that, on completion of their seventh week, all chipmunks must
leave their mother and set out on their own into the big unknown.
But Nature's fickle moods change faster than the weather, and if pride
won't ever let her go back on her decisions, conscience would always
prompt her to make up for her shortcomings.
And so it is that on that fateful birthday, Mino is given his mother's
kiss, but not her tears, and, with a sparkle in his heart and a sunny
disposition, he's put on a bus towards his future life and a new home,
where he might plant his seeds and watch them grow.
