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1) Small spaces
Author
Series
Small spaces quartet volume 1
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Ollie lives with her big-hearted baking enthusiast father following the tragic death of her mother, and finds respite from her grief through reading. Her circumstances take a supernatural turn when she encounters a frightening woman attempting to throw a book into the river. When Ollie, drawn to the book, takes it, the woman warns Ollie to avoid large places at night... keep to small. In its pages, Ollie reads of a long-ago family...
2) In the dark
Author
Language
English
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Description
"They came in the dark, and took the narrow path that only witches used. Everyone said that's what they were . . .But what if everyone was wrong? Watch what happens when one girl steps into the woods and gets to know these newcomers. The spooky black cat? Meet Mingus! The broomsticks and cloaks? Cloth and wooden handles. And those shadows in the sky? Handmade kites, fluttering in the breeze. When the breeze becomes a blustery storm, everything changes...including...
3) Treasure
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When two siblings go on a treasure hunt, they aren't sure exactly what kind of treasure they are looking for. What they do know is that treasures are shiny, mysterious and precious--and that all the best treasures are hard to find! As they explore the forest together, the pair learns that the most special treasures are not always something we can pick up in our hands"-- Book jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Quarantined with his family as a global plague ravages the world, Clay retreats to the woods where he meets a special little dog who leads him on surreal adventures where choosing the wrong path could cause them both to lose their way forever.
6) Snow & Rose
Author
Language
English
Description
Snow and Rose search the forest for their missing father and discover there is a sinister magic at work in the woods. A reimagining of the classic but little-known fairy tale Snow White and Rose Red.
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Long, long ago it was so busy. Nobody had time to stop for a moment. Everything and everyone had to be higher, faster, further, bigger, prettier, more!" Thus begins Grandpa Hedgehog's story of the Rush Era. A time not so different from our own, where everyone was constantly on the move and no one had time to stop for a moment, even to care for the forest. Everyone except for Quill"-- Provided by publisher.
11) Eco Girl
Author
Series
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Emulating her favorite baobab trees, Eve contributes to the beauty of the forest by nurturing her very own baobab seedling, becoming an environmental steward to express her love for all things leafy and green.
12) Little Owl's day
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Little Owl explores the forest at daytime after being woken up by a noisy squirrel.
Author
Series
Nox Winters chronicles volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Motivated by desperation and brotherhood, a boy must venture deep into the Nightwood to find a cure for his mysteriously sick brother" -- NoveList Plus.
16) The forest
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A mouse sets out to overcome a lifelong fear of the forest.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his mother accidentally kills a Quidnunk in the woods, Osmo Unknown must embark on a quest to find the Eightpenny Woods--the mysterious kingdom where all wild forest creatures go when they die--and make amends.
18) Walking trees
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lily wants a tree for her birthday. Although she and her father live in a tiny dark apartment, she promises to give it water and sun and air. But after she receives her tree--whom she names George--even Lily can't imagine how their daily walks will change the neighborhood! With George in a wagon, the two friends explore Lily's street, greeting neighbors who are happy to sit in George's shade. It turns out he's the only tree on the street! Soon Lily's...
Author
Series
Sticky Burr volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Sticky Burr is on the verge of being kicked out of his village in Burrwood Forest because he is not prickly enough to suit some of the other burrs, but when the village is attacked by wild dogs, Sticky Burr and his friends come to the rescue.
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