Condition: New,UPC: 9780689710551,Publication Date: Thu, May 1, 1986,Type: Paperback ,
description
oe's "reflects a classic theme in children's literature--the need to set something free in order to keep it." (The Horn Book) A young boy is proud of having caught a jar full of fireflies, which seems to him like owning a piece of moonlight, but as the light begins to dim he realizes he must set the insects free or they will die.