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The Complete Brambley Hedge - Jill Barkin


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The Complete Brambley Hedge - Jill Barkin

 
Description: Author: Jill Barkin / Genre: Junior Books / In this collection, the mice have many adventures, but they always have ... more
The Complete Brambley Hedge - Jill Barkin ... time for fun and relaxation too. Whatever the season, and whether they are by the sea, in the High Hills, or simply at home by the fire, there is always someone ready to lend a helping hand.

Newest Review: ... the mice must carefully make their stores for the winter. The details are delightful. The stories themselves are simple - ... more

 ... young mice getting lost, a wedding, that sort of thing. All very accessible to young readers, and very sweet. I have mixed feelings about anthorpomorphism in literature - children certainly do respond to animals who seem a lot like them, who wear clothes and talk, but this often create a wholely unrealistic sense of how the world is. Most creatures are nothing like us, have different needs and wants. i've seen too many children be inadvertantly cruel to animals because they don't understand this. Brambley Hedge ...more

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Bryn+Pearson
Premium Review The Complete Brambley Hedge - Jill Barkin: Enchanting tales (484 words)
by - written on 10/10/01 (Very useful, 476 readings)
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If there's any children's fiction that should have been a classic and has somehow been overlooked, then Brambley Hedge is it. Everyone knows Pooh Bear and Peter Rabbit, but the mice in brambly hedge have been sadly under exposed. Not only are the tales charming, but the illustrations are lovely. There are four books in the original set (yes, I have the original,)and each book deals with a season of the year. The unfolding story is influenced by the time of year, and filled with details about the weather, the state of the hedgerow and the like. In the summer tiny bottles are floated in the stream to keep them cool, in Autumn, the mice must carefully make ...  Read the complete review

JIL123
Premium Review The Coolest mice in the hedgerow (289 words)
by - written on 31/05/01 (Very useful, 151 readings)
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Bedtime, and my three and a half year old son is stalling for time again. Not that I mind because his chief method of doing this is to ask for a story, and he always asks for Brambly Hedge. What a treat (I mean for me!) This book is a gift for parents who like to read to their children at bedtime. The stories are gentle depictions of the lives of a number of mice who live in the hedgerow. There are no karate chopping mutated superheros and no talking trains/cars/helicopters. Bliss! This collection contains about eight stories with an introduction from the author, Jill Barkin, explaining how the various characters came about. They are all very ...  Read the complete review

 

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