A sparrow receives kindness from strangers and repays each act of kindness with a trick to get more, but at last, in a surprising twist, the sparrow is back with his original problem.
Featured in Volume VI, Issue 1 of WOW Review.
- ISBN: 9780761458210
- Author: Kasbarian, Lucine
- Illustrator: Zaikina, Maria
- Published: 2011 , Marshall Cavendish Corp
- Themes: Greed, kindness, selfishness
- Descriptors: Armenia, Europe, Fantasy, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 32
QUOTE: “I like to keep track of my [folk tale] favorites from one year or another, and this year The Greedy Sparrow will be topping the list. Fun to read. Fun to look at. This one’s a beauty through and through…”— Elizabeth Bird, Senior Children’s Librarian, NY Public Library for Fuse #8 Production Blog on SchoolLibraryJournal.com