Every once in a while you pick up a book and you think, "Wow! This is a wonderful book!" That is just how my family has felt about Young Fredle . I remember reading Cynthia Voigt's books when I was growing up. So, I wanted to read this book. From the first page, her writing was extremely vivid and clever. Young Fredle is the story of a young mouse who is kicked out of his den and finds himself outside. The book is the story of his journey. I don't want to say any more about the plot except to say that I enjoyed all of twists and turns (as did my children who are 2, 5, and 7). My youngest two often didn't understand what was going on, so we would summarize at the end of each chapter and it gave them a chance to practice listening and paying attention to the store. The verbal imagery was often also beyond their skill level so we would talk about it. But, I felt it was still very good to read it to them because it stretch...