![]() Suitable for all ages, it’s one of those books that has a narrative for children and adults alike. Along the way it also deals with motherhood, adoption, racism, prejudice and rejection, but it is a simple story to read. It is about being brave, about being proactive, about getting out there and making something of your life even if people tell you it will never happen. ![]() Sprout longs for the greener grass, but when she finds herself living in that green grass she learns the realities. This story warns against watching what others have and thinking they have it better than you do. I loved Sprout, she is a brave female heroine who shows the bullies that they cannot beat her. Her motivation to eat disappears, she becomes eggless, scrawny and weak and so is culled from the coop. Then one day she realises she will never have her own chick because the farmer takes all her eggs. ![]() From her coop she watches the hens and ducks in the yard with their babies, and longs for a chick of her own, to cuddle it and take care of it, sleeping safely in the warm barn at night. ![]() A South Korean fable it tells the story of Sprout, a hen whose sole purpose in life is to lay eggs. This is definitely a book that you will want to buy spare copies of to give to your friends. ![]()
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