The Humpherys Family

Poppy
Record Added: 1/18/2019
Author 
Illustrator 
Series Tales from Dimwood Forest #2
Setting United States
Topic Animal Characters
Publisher Scholastic Book Services
ISBN 0531094839   Year 1995
Age 9-12   Pages 160
Description Printed dustjacket
  
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas. As ruler of Dimwood Forest, Ocax the hoot owl has promised to protect the mice occupying an abandoned farmhouse as long as they ask permission before "moving about." 

Poppy, a timid dormouse, is a loyal, obedient subject-until she sees Ocax devour her fiance and hears the owl deny her father's request to seek new living quarters. To prove that the intimidating ruler is really a phony, Poppy embarks on a dangerous and eye-opening quest, which ends with her one-on-one battle with Ocax.