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A spiritual story about the far-reaching effects of private actions.
Mole has always led a simple life, but lately he feels something is missing. When he first hears someone playing a violin, Mole realizes that he longs to make beautiful music, too.
Through practice and patience, Mole learns to play. And even though he plays alone, in the privacy of his underground home, his music has an effect on others that is more magical than Mole will ever know. |
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PreSchool-Grade 2-Mole finds that digging all day and spending his evenings alone leave him unfulfilled. Upon hearing a musician on TV, he decides to create his own beautiful music. After much patience and practice, he learns to play the violin more magnificently than the man who first inspired him. The passage of years is conveyed visually by the growth of the tree above Mole's home from little acorn to mighty oak. Mole's music is, at first, jarring and almost kills the tree, but as he becomes more skilled, the tree flourishes. Mole imagines sharing his glorious gift, soothing people's discontentment, and perhaps even ending disharmony in the world. Unbeknownst to him, he has achieved his dream. His lovely music has imbued the tree with an aura of tranquillity; animals and people are drawn to it by its serenity. Most of the pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations reveal Mole's underground activities in the lower half of the pictures and life aboveground in the upper half. McPhail's paintings aptly depict the calming atmosphere engendered by Mole's music. The story suggests that by doing something that brings pleasure to oneself, it is also possible to affect the lives of others in a meaningful way. A quiet story of a life well lived. |
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| On the surface, Mole Music is about a mole who decides to teach himself to play the violin, and the effects that has on the "aboveground" world. It's a charming and funny story with cute illustrations.
But "Mole Music" carries a deeper message, a message that should bring hope to anyone who wonders if they are doing any good in the world: it suggests that doing something good and right, something creative, that you love, can change the world for the better in ways you are totally unaware of. Mole may have stopped an entire war through his music, as well as soothing the hearts of countless people.
Even though I am a childless adult, I decided to buy a copy of "Mole Music" after reading it in a store. I am going to keep it to look at for those times when I feel like all my efforts are in vain, when nothing I do makes any improvement in people or the world. I'll try to remember Mole and smile.
(By the way, I'm a college teacher). |
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