The High Hills (Brambly Hedge)

(Hardback)

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Celebrate the 40th anniversary of the miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge!
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 cant 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

Reviews

the most researched-crammed fantasy ever set before small children Sunday Times Magazine

Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story and Winter Story are beautiful talesnostalgic Mums can enjoy them with their own kids. The Sun (Natasha Harding)

Incredible illustrations @father_of_daughters, Instagram

If I [were] a mouse, this is where Id wanna live @britneyspears, Instagram

Author Bio

Jill Barklem was born in Epping in 1951. After an accident when she was thirteen, Jill was unable to take part in PE or games at school and instead developed her talent for drawing and art. On leaving school, she studies illustration at St Martins in London. Jill is now a full-time illustrator, working on the expanding series of books about the mice of Brambly Hedge. She lives in Epping, Essex.