Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University

Nicolas, where have you been?

The field mice and birds compete for the bright red berries. The birds usually get the berries first and this angers the mice, especially Nicolas. One day, Nicolas is swooped up by a big, mean bird and dropped into a nest of nice birds that bring him berries and they share stories. He returns to tell the other mice that not all birds are bad.

Lionni, Leo

Alfred A. Knopf

0-394-98370-x

New York

1987

Abstract provided by Judy Penko and Karen Little, 1994