Book 42 of the series
Pip and the Mayfly's Only Day
One small creature has just one day — and Pip wants to make sure it is the right one.
Buy on Amazon ↗- Ages
- 3-7
- Reading level
- Grade 1
- Length
- 728 words
How it begins
“Cold mist sits just above the mill pond. The water is perfectly still. The old stone rim is wet and dark, and the willows do not move.”
Children will love
- •A misty mill pond at first light, where a mayfly on its only day won't turn from a cold stone
- •Pip warming a little tin cup of sunlit water, letting warmth do what reaching couldn't
- •Flint rising into long, unhurried arcs above the pond, becoming exactly what it was meant to be