Aimed at children who have suffered a traumatic incident in life, this story will help them to understand what the feeling of love is about. It is also good for kids that haven't been in such a situation. Cyril is a young squirrel with lots of questions in his head, but the main one seems to be trying to find out what love means. He hasn't experienced it in his young life, so he asks other animals, his friends, what they think. They aren't sure either, but they tell him he should go and look for the answer. Taking a pen and a notebook, he starts on his quest. First, he meets a small bird, who puts his wing warmly on Cyril's arm; this gives him a warm and tingly feeling. Could this be love? he wonders. A rabbit gives him a smile, and a kind bee buzzes gently for him so he can sleep. But then a very cross mouse is rude and unhelpful, and Cyril knows this is not what he is looking for. His next meeting is unhappy too, as it is a fox who asks him to come home with him, and Cyril has a 'gut feeling' that there are ulterior motives and climbs a tree. 'This does not feel like love,' he says. His next meeting is happier because a mother badger and her cubs are solicitous and kind, and while he begins by being slightly suspicious, her motherliness is appealing and he is soon enjoying a cuddle and her care of him. The final encounter is with a Daddy Hedgehog who is obviously very cross with his son because he has stayed out all night and worried everyone. In spite of his anger, he hugs the hoglet, and Cyril is left wondering if 'love is sometimes difficult to understand'. When he gets home and finds his four friends waiting for him with happy smiles and gifts of food and drink, he knows he doesn't need to read out his notes from his notebook, that right here he has found the meaning of love by looking at his friends' bright eyes and happy smiles at his return. This is an interactive text with questions to talk about on each page and would be good for schools as well as at home. As well as talking about the positives of love, it also mentions the more difficult aspects of talking about stranger danger, and the fact that parents often have to seem unkind and unloving when children have done very wrong. Warm friendly illustrations tell the story nicely and provide the kind of atmosphere needed. There are activities for children at the end and also a Guide for adults in using the book. Available from Hive, from Amazon, from bookshops and libraries, as well as from the publisher: www. jkp.com.