num_pages: 40
description: A young boy deals with the sadness of losing a pet in this gentle, sweet ode to how nothing can take away what lives in our heart.Theo loves feeding the birds. All the birds. But he tries his hardest to aim his seeds to the old bird with the raggedy wing—Pearl.Soon, they are sharing apples and peanut butter, enjoying a good breeze, and sitting heartbeat to heartbeat.But sometimes friends have to say goodbye…
language: English
title: Old Pearl
publisher: Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books