The Rescue Of Mr. Goldsmith.The Rescue Of Mr. Goldsmith M. D. Osborne Wooden Shoe Press N3566 County GG, Hancock, WI 54943-7306 0976285215, $13.95 www.woodenshoepress.com Imaginatively written and colorfully illustrated by M.D. Osborne, "The Rescue of Mr. Goldsmith is accompanied by a dramatic recording of the story on CD. "The Rescue Of Mr. Goldsmith" is the story of some neighborhood birds who are busy eating seeds, berries and insects to help them survive the long dark days of a quickly approaching winter. But eating isn't the only thing in a bird life! When a starving starve v. starved, starv·ing, starves v.intr. 1. To suffer or die from extreme or prolonged lack of food. 2. Informal To be hungry. 3. To suffer from deprivation. golden beetle See Gold beetle needs help, a chickadee chickadee (chĭk`ədē'), small North American bird of the titmouse family. The black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus), lively and gregarious, is a permanent resident over most of its range in the East. , a cardinal, a junco junco or snowbird, small seed-eating bird of North America closely related to the sparrows. Juncos have white underparts and gray (sometimes also brown) backs. They travel in flocks. , and even a greedy little nuthatch nuthatch (nŭt`hăch), common name applied to a number of Old and New World species of small birds of the genus Sitta, related to the titmouse and the creeper. help him out. "The Rescue Of Mr. Goldsmith is a charming, original, and very highly recommended story for children that, in addition to being wonderfully entertaining, also carries an implicit and positive message to young readers about the worthwhileness of helping others. |
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