Fireflies

by Alice Hoffman and Wayne McLoughlin

Book Overview

When the fireflies fail to return to the Yellow Mountains, the village is frozen in endless winter. Little does anyone expect that the clumsiness of Jackie Healy could be the very thing that will save... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786802278
• ISBN13: 9780786802272
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Hyperion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 5 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A beautiful whimsical story

This is a sweet book with a lovely moral tale to it. It is also beautifully illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin ~~ perfect short story to share with all kids ~~ old and young. Jackie is so clumsy that he trips over his feet all the time. He doesn't mean to but he just does. No matter what he does, he falls or disturbs something. One year, the fireflies that always bring spring never came. People started losing hope that summer would never come again. Jack gets teased by some kids in town when he kept falling on the ice while ice-skating. So he runs away. And that is the beginning of a lovely story.This story brings to the point of how sometimes when you're the most clumsiest, that is when you are full of life and grace. It doesn't matter who you are ~~ and no matter how clumsy you are, there will always be someone who loves you. This story illustrates that. It is a lovely story ~~ perfect to give to the one you love and to your children to share over and over. It'd make a wonderful Christmas present...

Fireflies

This has become one of my favorite children's stories of all time. The story of a boy who can't seem to do anything right but in the end saves the town - by accident. And also of a town that learns not to judge people, but rather to accept them for who they are. I have read this to many children in the grade school I work at and they all love it. In their own way, each of them can feel what it is like to walk in Jackie's shoes. The illustrations are wonderful too.

Fireflies: A winters Tale

Our son (who is 9) really enjoyed this story of a 9 year old boy who discovers firelies. It is a quick read, and the illustrations are lovely.