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4✨ This is the last book in the trilogy and it is heartbreaking! Anything that could happen to an elephant happens to poor little Ruby. She finds a bit of herself in a celebration. Loved each book in this series. #SeriesLove @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

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“The mouse moral: Knowing in part may make a fine tale, but wisdom comes from seeing the whole.“

This book is a fable for many reasons. It is based on the Indian fable of the blind men and an elephant. It has personification where the mice behave like humans. The number seven is also very common in fables and it stands for each day of the week in this story. Also it has a moral that you cant just look at parts, you cant see until you see the whole picture.

The seven blind mice notice something new comes to their pond. Each day of the week each mouse goes and says its something different. The last mouse goes and finds out it is something that entails what each mouse said.

The third book in this group focuses on little Ruby, the elephant. Even though this book is catered to kids, I absolutely adore them but also the author really strives to research about the animals she‘s writing about, I hope she keeps on.

I said I would do no work today but reading all of these in the heat wave doesn‘t count really 🤔🤷🏻‍♀️ ( planning a little puppet drama unit for my grade 5‘s to put on for grade ones and our grade 2 buddies)

Favorite of this series. Ruby is the definition of hope still, I feel. This is her story of her past in Africa before the mall. As well as her growing up ceremony. What also stuck me was how her story encouraged Ivan to talk about Stella. As the groups pain kept them from doing so. The way this was tackled made me cry. Very nicely handled. Especially around a book talking poachers killing elephants for their tusks. Ruby hates her tusks due to that