CALA Best Picture Book of 2008
"Fei, fei — fly, fly, little birds, but always come home to me!"
Mei-Mei
and Di-Di are head-over-heels in love with their new doves. Like
devoted parents, the siblings tenderly nurture Butterfly and Squeaky as
they grow from chicks to fledglings to birds. But when Mei-Mei and Di-Di
arrive home to find that the doves have disappeared, their young hearts
break into a thousand pieces — and they run away, determined to reclaim
their beloved birds. Will Mei-Mei and Di-Di return home with the doves
before they break their own parents’ hearts