The Flying Rock

A story of a young boy learning that all of our actions have consequences - for better or for worse. Rush's story will resonate with adults who read Aesop's fables.

Timmy throws a rock at another child and hits him on the head, resulting in a hospital visit. Distraught, he turns to his grandpa who tells him the tale of a boy who acts without thinking but his actions ultimately have a positive outcome - although you can never be sure that'll be the case.

This book would be perfect for young children who are starting to understand boundaries, actions, and consequences. It is a tale with a moral but has been carefully crafted not to cause anxiety or distress.

Rush uses short sentences and accessible language, suitable for younger children to be read with an adult or older children looking to read independently. The tense changes somewhat clumsily at times but it is otherwise a solid first children's book from Robert Rush.

Four stars.

Loved this short story, a young boy learns that actions do have consequences and sometimes we do things without bad intentions and there's nothing much we can do once we've vented out.
The artwork is great and I found the accents also new to me...don't know if it was meant to be so, or it was a typo but for some reason the word 'find' was only 'nd.' Thanks NetGalley for the eARC.

Wow, this book has a great message.   At the beginning the reader learns that Billy had hit Timmy in the head with a rock.  He did this because he was being treated badly by Timmy and his friends.  Billy tells his Grandfather and Timmy goes to the hospital with his family.  Billy's grandfather tells him a story he hopes will teach Billy how do deal with the present moment and of course not throw stones at people.   I enjoyed how the father in the story looked at each situation as possibly good or bad.  His reply to his neighbor was "who really knows what's good or bad?"  When something "bad" happens we often get depressed, sad, angry, or have many other negative feelings.  However, at times, these "bad" things turn out to be good things.  The book gives good examples of bad turning out good and good turning out bad.