Absolutely beautiful, illustrations in a nice sized book.  Perfect for read alouds or individual gazing.  Something for everyone in this book, all ages will gravitate to this.  The plot is simple, with a magpie bird who keeps bringing  more “stuff” back to it’s nest.  He is helped along by a little mouse, who at first helps to find things to give to the magpie who starts out with “nothing”.  Then he has “something”, then “several”, and works his way up to “much too much”.  As the story ends, we find that the “just” right amount for the magpie is what he can carry in his beak and fly with.  A great word lesson and a lesson in how much is enough!  Highly recommended.