I love this book for the simplicity of its message. It's a powerful story about a woman who lives in small house and grumbles that she doesn't have enough space. However, as she takes in animal after animal from the farm, she realises that there was more space than she realised for them all to muddle along together - and when, in the end, they all leave, she finds that her house feels enormous and she has no reason to complain afer all! The book gives a great way in for talking about gratitude with kids - and also, perhaps, is an antidote in the lives of children to the belief, all too prevalent in the UK, that we don't have enough to be able to welcome in strangers.