A Surprise Visitor

The Adventures of Sophie Mouse #8

by Poppy Green, Jennifer A. Bell (Illustrations)

A little bird who’s learning to fly accidentally winds up in Sophie’s yard in the eighth book of The Adventures of Sophie Mouse!

Sophie gets a surprise visitor when a little bird makes a crash landing into her yard and hurts his wing. But with Sophie and her friends to help nurse him back to health, the baby bird will be flying high in no time!

Genres: Chapter Books, Childrens, Animals, Middle Grade, Fiction, Animal Fiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2016

About the author

Poppy Green can talk to animals! Unfortunately, they never talk back to her. So she started writing in order to imagine what they might say and do when humans aren’t watching. Poppy lives on the edge of the woods in Connecticut, where her backyard is often a playground for all kinds of wildlife: birds, rabbits, squirrels, voles, skunks, deer, and the occasional wild turkey.

Reviews

[Chloe (Always Booked) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. We love this series. It's so quick and always so sweet. This one is about a little bird who lands on Sophie's roof and he's injured. Sophie helps him get back where he needs to be. Sweet.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great series for younger ones.

[Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a great installment! My kids gasped in delight at one point.

[Jenny Hartfelder · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 6yo: Sophie is a very good friend. Even though she didn't know him, she helped a new friend. She was very kind. It taught us a lesson to be good friends and make new friends and be kind to one another even if you don't know the person.

Mom: Another sweet Sophie story. These have been a delight to share with my little girl. Sophie is consistently kind and thoughtful, and the stories are each unique and special...a lovely series.

[Sarah Wilson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably one of my favorites of this series thus far. Cute, imaginative, and kind.

[Beth Anne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read aloud to the younger kids. Most of this book wasn’t quite as fun as others in the series because I missed Sophie’s gang of friends. But the final two chapters were completely sweet and quintessential Sophie.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

When a little bird lands on Sophie’s roof, she helps get him home. This was a very sweet book in this series and we enjoyed it immensely. My daughter and I stayed up late, reading ’just one more chapter.’

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

My daughter liked this book and wanted me to reread it several times, but we've tried several other books in this series and they don't hold her interest. They are sweet books, but a bit boring for me.

[Melody · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun series

[Eugenio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Daughter loved it. About caring for strangers and always lending a hand!

[Michelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Appropriate for: all ages

My 4 year old daughter loves Sophie Mouse and so do I.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sophie helps an injured bird.

Eliana’s review: “I like that you changed the birds name to Crash for me. And that Sophie helped him and they made a dessert and became friends.”

[Samara Z · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a mouse named Sophie who meets a new friend named flint. Flint had a broken wing and Sophie helped him

[Hikari · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sophie Mouse found a bird who can’t fly because the wing hurts.

[Read Aloud · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute!

[Deborah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great story

Heartwarming and about being helpful and so cute how they do so. Sophie Mouse was nice, kind, adventurous and brave all at the same time. So very nice.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun story of hospitality, but hopefully my kids don't open doors when home alone.

[Naisha Jhunjhunwala · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice book... (See my review on book 1 in this series for more information)

[Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children continue to love this series! Short, sweet, and a good lesson!

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Mary T · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Sophie Mouse! I read this out loud at the dinner table to my oldest boys, and we enjoyed it!

Update: My 6yo son Cooper found this at the library—he was drawn to it because he likes birds. Too bad the whole series doesn’t feature birds! He liked it, and so did his little brother. We read the whole thing at once.