By Jeanne Willis (author) , Susan Varley (illustrator)
"A beautifully illustrated picture book that tackles bolds facts about love and life."
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Radiant with warm sentiments and brave truths, in Marry Me, Mole? Jeanne Willis and Susan Varley have created a unique, talking-point picture book that transcends ages, with a powerful message at its honest heart - love sometimes means choosing not to be together.
This profound and poetic picture book opens with Bird asking Mole to marry them, with Bird promising to make Mole the best nest in the sky. But, though their love is mutual, Mole replies with a resounding “No, it won’t do”. They are simply too different for it to work. As Mole explains:
“I’ll always love you, Bird,” said Mole, “But I belong inside a hole“ “And you belong up in the sky.” “You’re right,” said Bird and gave a sigh.
Though this is a tough truth to take, the story ends on a glorious note of hope. Even though love isn’t always enough, “out there somewhere there will be/Someone for you/Someone for me”.
Certain to spark valuable conversations about the nature of love, difference and learning to live and love in different ways, the rhyming text is poetic, perfectly-pitched and a joy to read aloud, and the illustrations are a delicately detailed delight.
From award-winning author and illustrator Jeanne Willis and Susan Varley comes this brave look at why being in love doesn't always mean choosing to be together. Mole, why won't you marry me? sang a lonely bird in the maple tree.
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Bird and Mole are in love. Mole lives underground and loves to be in the dark under his hill, but Bird lives in the trees and loves to be high up in the sky. So when Bird asks Mole to marry him, will they be able to make it work? Will love be enough?
Jeanne Willis is an award-winning children's author and scriptwriter. She wrote her first book when she was five - a slim volume about cats written in pencil and stitched together with a painfully blunt needle so that it looked like a 'real' book. After that, there was no turning back. Having been fired from her Saturday job - selling cowboy boots on the Kings Road - for chewing gum, and after a brief career as a reptile vet's assistant, she worked as a copywriter and had her first picture book published at the age of 21 (which she wrote whilst pretending to be busy creating adverts for cognac).
She has since written over 300 books and has won several awards, which are arranged in the attic where she works, along with her collection of caterpillars, pink-toed tarantula skins and live locusts. Jeanne has a keen interest in Natural History and has lost count of the number of species featured in her books, including everything from slugs to sloths. She is currently into corvids - especially Nosy Crows.
Jeanne has won the Silver Medal Smarties Prize for Tadpole's Promise , the Nasen Special Needs Award for Susan Laughs , the Sheffield Children's Book Award for Who’s in The Loo and the Red House Children's Book Award for Bottoms Up . Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris, and a pilot TV series for Dr Xargle .
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Marry Me, Mole? and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
Marry Me, Mole? features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Recommendations, Animal Stories, Romance / Relationship Stories, Poetry Books for Children, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s / Teenage poetry, anthologies, annuals
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Marry Me, Mole? was written by Jeanne Willis and published by Andersen Press Ltd
Marry Me, Mole? has 32 pages
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