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The High Hills

Author: Jill Barklem   Series: Brambly Hedge

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The gorgeously illustrated children's classics delighting kids and parents for over 40 years!

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

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The gorgeously illustrated children's classics delighting kids and parents for over 40 years!

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

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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 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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Critic Reviews

“"...the most research-crammed fantasy ever set before small children..." Sunday Times Magazine "Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story and Winter Story are beautiful tales...nostalgic Mums can enjoy them with their own kids." The Sun (Natasha Harding)”

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

Spring Story, Summer Story, Autumn Story and Winter Story are beautiful tales…nostalgic Mums can enjoy them with their own kids” Natasha Harding, Sun

“Incredible illustrations…” @father_of_daughters, Instagram

“If I [were] a mouse, this is where I’d wanna live” @britneyspears, Instagram

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About the Author

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 Martin’s 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.

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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 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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Product Details

Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers | HarperCollins
Published
18th August 1989
Pages
32
ISBN
9780001840867

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