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Summer Story

Published
Sep 1980
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
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32

About This Book

**WITH AUDIO NARRATION***
Step into the miniature world of the hedgerow in this beautiful new edition of this classic picture book, following a summer in the lives of the mice of Brambly Hedge.

It was such a hot summer. They sky was deep blue and the sun never faltered. All along Brambly Hedge, the mice did their best to keep cool. Poppy Eyebright sought refuge in the mossy shadows of the mill wheel; Dusty Dogwood took to walking by the banks of the cooling stream. Dusty and Poppy spent more and more time together, so no one was at all surprised when they announced their engagement. They decided on a very unusual setting for the wedding ceremony, but even they didn't realise just how unusal it was prove to be!

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"…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

About the author

Jill Barklem was drawn to the natural world ever since childhood. While training as an illustrator at St Martin's School of Art, her long journeys to college gave her time to escape into the imaginary world of a colony of mice, later to be developed as the enchanting miniature world of Brambly Hedge.

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Sep 1980 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN 0001839233
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Jul 2012 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN 0007461534
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Oct 1980 Philomel ISBN 0399207473
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Feb 2000 Atheneum ISBN 0689830599
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Aug 2012 HarperCollins ISBN B0084WVD2U
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Aug 2012 HarperCollins (UK) ISBN 0007452799
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Feb 2014 HarperCollins Publishers Limited ISBN B00I9EZ1QW
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