Written with a gentle rhyme that reflects the slow pace of Mouse’s rambling journey, and illustrated in Alice Melvin’s inimitable style, Mouse’s Wood is a heartwarming celebration of slow living in nature. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

We cannot keep turning and thereafter browsing through the pages, investigating, enquiring, checking the rhyming text and exclaiming. However, we can peek through the cut out window, and thereafter lift the flap to discover Mouse reading in bed. Alice has also worked with Tate on an extensive range of children’s merchandise including many interactive ‘cut-out-and-make’ kits and children’s clothing. Bronnie is so lovely with the boys and we also felt that having a man enthusing about the books set a great example.This joyful picture book encourages children to imagine the world as a vast library, with room on the shelves for everybody's story. Written by Uju Asika, author of Bringing up Race, this beautiful picture book celebrates the beauty and joy of living in a wonderfully diverse world. Your selection was perfect for our children and what really made the difference was your ability to engage with each child, discuss their interests and help them to choose a suitable book based on your extensive knowledge of the books you were selling. Yesterday a parent came over to tell me how impressed she was by the book fair and that you did a fabulous job of selling the books to the children first. You guys are such a force for good and I am a passionate supporter of Indie booksellers, so I'm so happy this worked out well (I'd love to know how many books were sold if you have it to hand - it felt like quite a lot!

There are fancy dresses, frilly dresses, stripy dresses, silly dresses, sun dresses, fun dresses, blue dresses, green.It was such a pleasure to meet you both, and I really appreciated how smoothly and professionally you ran everything. I have even talked the head into a little revamp of the library so that we can display them properly! Your words, like your reviews, bring books to life and give them a voice before the front cover is even turned. Along the way Mouse visits his woodland friends and the reader can open the flaps and peep inside their homes – from otter’s riverside cabin to squirrel’s tree house.

Then again, we’re seeing the changes to the forest, from the first buds on the trees, to the flight of goldfinch, the burst of April cherry blossom, or a huge ‘ stretched out – chequered sheet’ May picnic. What’s more, alongside titles such as I Am the Seed that Grew the Treeor A First Book of Nature, we suggest this as a perfect gift, a year round source of joy and inspiration. You guys were so fab and Dawn was such a lovely presence in the schools - I will absolutely be in touch next time I'm in your neck of the woods. Mouse moves on to wake up Hedgehog for the arrival of spring and as he continues along the path in the wood, Mouse's journey from friend to friend maps out the changes in seasons from January through to December, from picnicking among the bluebells with Mole in May and picking berries with Dormouse in June, to taking refuge in Fox's cozy caravan as winter draws in. Her picture books for children, including Grandma's House, The High Street, Counting Birds, and An A-to-Z Treasure Hunt, have together sold over 150,000 copies worldwide.It seems every care has been taken, from the flora and fauna that might be discovered through the seasons, to the attire and the feelings too.