![]() ![]() You are my treasure."īut then, the story seems to wander off track to what I find an ending that I don't think will make adopted kids feel better about their adoptive families. You're one of us and we don't eat berries.Īfter a few mishaps, he runs to his mother begging to know "Am I your child?" But as Heart grows up, he is told by others that he's not what he thinks he is, and eventually he has a run-in with a full-grown Tyrannosaurus who gives him the facts of life. He's raised as a berry-collecting vegetarian. She names her son Light and the adopted son, Heart, because "You are strong and powerful, but I would like you to be kind."įine so far. ![]() ![]() ![]() She takes it home to be a brother to her own son. Of course, she's startled when it hatches and is a baby Tyrannosaurus! She takes the baby back to the spot where she found it, but the baby calls her, and what new mother could resist the pull of an infant? She rescues it because "If that nasty Tyrannosaurus finds it, he will eat it."įair enough. In this one, a peaceful Maiasaura mother finds a small egg left in the forest after a storm. This is another of Miyanishi's message books for children, written and illustrated in a style I find harsh and violent. ![]()
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