Autumn Story

All the Brambley Hedge books are beautifully illustrated, loads to look at and discover on every page, tiny details that children love.... all kinds of adventures to read and enjoy, favourites in our household. Can’t fail with Jill Barkley, the illustrations are Absolutley exquisite.......more

Autumn is my favourite time of year, and autumn-into-winter is the setting for this story. The mice are in a hurry to get their winter store of the countryside's bounty safely gathered into the Store Stump--one of my favourite places in the Hedge. Everyone pitches in, but one little mouseling wander......more

Ok, I want to live in a tree, or a hole in the ground, or a grass nest perched in the weeds if they all look as cute and as cozy as the ones in this book! I think I’ve always been jealous of these little homes though - reading Miss Suzy at a young age was what started it. I’ll just have to stay in o......more

One of four miniature picture-books published together in 1980, each focusing on a different season in the life of a small community of rural mice - the residents of Brambly Hedge, lying "on the other side of the stream, across the field... amongst the tangled roots and stems" - Jill Barklem's Autum......more

My daughter and I enjoyed Autumn Story. She liked it so much that a couple days later she went searching for it at story time. Much like Spring story, it brought me back to my childhood and my siblings love of miniature toys. The details add appeal and give little ones something to look as the story......more