Small Things Mended - Casey W. Robinson

The healing power of community is tenderly expressed in this picture book for fans of A Sick Day for Amos McGhee and Last Stop on Market Street. nKindly Cecil has a broken heart, but when the kids in his neighborhood start asking him to fix their valuables--a music box, a watch, a stuffed elephant--he gradually finds that he knows just how to do this mending. And in return, his circle of new friends offers the mending that his own heart needs. n nThis gentle, kindhearted story brings the generations of a community together to sustain and enrich one another, and it beautifully showcases the value of fixing things―and loving their history―rather than quickly discarding them.n