The Humpherys Family

The High Hills

Record Added: 8/23/2009
Author Jill Barklem
Illustrator Jill Barklem
Series Brambly Hedge
Setting England
Topic Animal Characters
 Seasons: Autumn
Publisher Harper Collins Publishers
ISBN 000184086X   Year 1989
Age 4-8   Pages 32
Description white cover, small
 
Step into the exquisite, miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge in this beautiful new edition of the classic picture book. It is the very end of autumn and Flax and Lily are busy making blankets for the voles in the High Hills. Mr Apple has to deliver the blankets to them before the cold weather sets in and Wilfred Toadflax is eager to go along. He is convinced there is gold to be found in the hills beyond Brambly Hedge and this is his chance to discover it. Everything goes to plan until Wilfred scrambles up a rock face and can't get down. The mist begins to rise and soon Mr Apple and Wilfred are engulfed in a thick white fog, unable to find their way home...
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