A Redwall Winter's Tale
Young readers who have watched their older siblings devour the Redwall  series by Brian Jacques will be overjoyed to find a Redwall tale just their  pace. Along withThe Great  Redwall Feast, Jacques and illustrator Christopher Denise'sA Redwall  Winter's Talebrings the saga of the lively badger, mole, squirrel, and  mouse denizens of Redwall Abbey to a younger audience. In this cozy, happy  story, Bungo the mole-babe and his friend Tubspike the hedgehog maid are beside  themselves with excitement as they await some very special guests on the last  day of autumn. Little do they know there's another, even more special guest on  his way.Verse interspersed with prose makes this cheerful, pleasing tale a perfect  read-aloud--perhaps in small doses, though. Denise's depictions of the many  beasts feasting, celebrating, playing, and sleeping are adorable without being  too precious. Here is a terrific introduction to the more advanced tales of  danger and adventure in the well-loved Redwall series. (Ages 5 to 8)--Emilie  Coulter--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.