What an amazing gem of a book I discovered today... Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe



This goes straight into the must haves list. A boy who is so excited and thrilled to see the fireflies outside and rushes out with a jar in his hand to get his own jar of moonlight. Catch moonlight in a jar, he sure does.. hundreds of fireflies, all his, all glowing. But how long do they glow? The light in the jar diminishes until it’s all dark, like a moon that’s totally eclipsed. The boy has a lump in his throat wh

What an amazing gem of a book I discovered today... Fireflies by Julie Brinckloe



This goes straight into the must haves list. A boy who is so excited and thrilled to see the fireflies outside and rushes out with a jar in his hand to get his own jar of moonlight. Catch moonlight in a jar, he sure does.. hundreds of fireflies, all his, all glowing. But how long do they glow? The light in the jar diminishes until it’s all dark, like a moon that’s totally eclipsed. The boy has a lump in his throat when he realises the truth. He knows it, he sees it right in front of his eyes but it takes a lot for a boy of that age to acknowledge the truth and let go. But he does. He opens the jar and lets go of his moonlight and Lo!!! how they glow again, first green, then gold and finally white like the moonlight, making circles round the moon, dancing like the stars, blinking off, blinking on, dipping low and soaring high. The boy looks at them with a smile on his face and tears in his eyes.



I got goosebumps reading this book. Fireflies have been fascinating always, something magical. and I think this is the kind of magic that we should introduce our children to. The magic and beauty in nature’s creation. The magic switches off the moment we try to control them or capture them.