The Story of the Lost Squirrel

Narkissa the wicked old witch takes advantage of a food shortage in the Abundant Garden and tries to control the squirrels with her magic food supply! In the meantime she is snatching the baby squirrels to build her army! Honesty, who is now old enough to work part time at The Newspaper, is the story teller on yet another roller coaster adventure in the Abundant Garden and all the way to the Health Food Shop! Intermingled with stories from the other squirrels in the neighbourhood, other creatures from The Book of The Ancestors and tales from the trees, this is a retelling of the Magic Porridge Pot with added curveballs thrown in for good measure. The squirrels have been reliant on the human for too long and when the human goes on holiday, the treats stop coming! Honesty discovers the Health Food Shop, Lance is reunited with his long lost love, Bentley realises the reason for Narkissa's Back to Front spell and Friendly is still convinced that the machines are taking over! All the new born babies go missing, but fortunately while Duke and Luke are trying to figure out how to get to the pie in the sky, they see the babies and raise the alarm! Inspired by classics such as The Magic Porridge Pot, Rumplestiltskin, Hansel and Gretel and Cupid & Psyche, join Friendly, Lance, Muddy Paw and Bentley and their ever growing family on a riveting squirrel adventure! Paperback has black and white illustrations, hardback has colour illustrations. About this series:

Genre: Fairy tale, magic, animals.

Audience: Middle-grade, teen, young adult, adult.

Setting: The Abundant Garden, Paupers Wood, Wuhan Wood, the Health Food Shop and wherever you find squirrels

Reader age: 10+

Explicit language: None.

Completeness: It is an ongoing series.

Similar/influenced by: Classic fairy tales, Brothers Grimm, Chinese folklore, Watership Down, If Trees Could Talk (Holly Worton), The Secret Teachings of Plants, Qi Gong...