I found a copy of this book at a thrift store, and while it is short, could be considered a "children's book" I thought I'd include it here on MY Goodreads, and count it toward my "read physical book" tag (I'm almost exclusively digital now). This book I ONLY had in physical format (although I saw an ebook copy on Hoopla). I'll have to check out the live animation next time I have an Apple+ subscription.

There are many RAVE reviews for this ... and it was sweet, with lovely illustrations, but I didn't shed a tear or feel emotional about it. Sometimes I'm a little hard hearted I think, when I read a statement like "you are loved and important and you bring to this world things no one else can" and instead of making me feel good and special, I think "well, that's meant for every person who reads this book, so if everyone is 'special and important' that means no one is really, because it's a blanket statement for everyone". 

I guess I also wondered about some of the story ... why was the boy alone, how is he going to survive in the woods with his animal friends. The thought of "Home isn't always a place" is nice, it's the people you are with, but just thinking logically in this case ... hmmmm. 

The mole, and his obsession with cake was cute.

I'm wondering if I'd find the original a little "more" ... peeking at a couple reviews and page shares, I think this one is shortened, abridged or changed a bit?

While the font added to the ambience ... it was a little hard to read.