Sea Story

When the mice of Brambly Hedge run out of salt, a party is dispatched to Sandy Bay - a seaside settlement at the mouth of Brambly Hedge's stream - in Dusty Dogwood's sailboat, the Periwinkle, in order to fetch more of the precious commodity home. Dusty and Poppy - the murine couple whose romance is......more

I like the now familiar Brambly Hedge explanation page at the front of each Brambly Hedge book. I’m regretting that I didn’t just simply read The Complete Brambly Hedge rather than the individual books. It’s a lovely collection, especially for those who appreciate these style of illustrations, which......more

Jill Barklem's collection of stories about the mice of Brambly Hedge is a must have for any child's imagination. A beautiful beautiful book.......more

Me: What happened in this book? C3: Primrose got lost again! Me: No she didn't. Did they climb a mountain? C3: Yeah! Me: No they didn't. Are you in no mood for literary critiques? C3: Runs off. I do think this is her favorite one. She said she didn't like book #6 and wanted to skip to this one for some......more

My personal favourite of the BH series. This is on the BH DVD and while they did add a few bits and pieces to make it more watchable, the book is certainly more of an adventure than some others. Barklem exchanges drawing the innards of tree-houses for painstaking details of a cross-section of Dusty'......more