Fireflies

Fireflies is Julie Brinckloe's "reflects a classic theme in children's literature—the need to set something free in order to keep it." (The Horn Book) A young boy is proud of having caught a jar full of fireflies, which seems to him like owning a piece of moonlight, but as the light begins to dim he realizes he must set the insects free or they will die.

• | Author: Julie Brinckloe
• | Publisher: Aladdin Books
• | Publication Date: May 31, 1986
• | Number of Pages: 32 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0689710550
• | ISBN-13: 9780689710551