Mysterious Mistletoe!

Posted 19 March 2015 by Sarah Hill

“Now that’s an intriguing title to today’s post!” I hear you say and indeed you would be right! Today I have learnt something rather extraordinary whilst on a particular woodland website and that is what mistletoe looks like when it’s in flower! ?

Mistletoe in flower!!

Pretty darn impressive don’t you think!?! So, you’ll be pleased to learn that this joyous woodland phenomenon has been included cunningly in my next ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s book! This will be book 7 would you believe!?! This last book in the 1st set of 35 books that make up my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series, is titled ‘Posie Pixie And The Pancakes’ and is written for the month of February of course! Every book in my series is written for a specific month in the calendar you see, so the flora and fauna change as you read through the series ?

Now, excitingly, Abela Publishing (who publish my ‘Whimsy Wood’ books) will be engaging a new promotional company and with this is mind, I have to get my creative skates on, as book 7 needs to be completely finished and coming off the press rollers by the end of April!! Phew!!

So without further ado, I’d best get on and start twirling and whirling my ‘Whimsy Wood’ wand, as it won’t get done by itself now! I’ll leave you with a final image from inside book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, which was launched at the end of February :-

Where are Posie Pixie and her friends off to in this 6th ‘Whimsy Wood’ adventure?

Warmest whimsical wishes,

Sarah Hill, children’s author and creator of ‘The Whimsy Wood Series’ ?

Hip Hip Hooray! It’s World Book Day!

Posted 5 March 2015 by Sarah Hill

Finally, this fabulous day for celebrating everything and anything to do with books is here! Yippee! I hope wherever you are, you are having a delectable day reading your favourite book, dressing up as one of your much-loved book characters, or watching a film adaptation of your most treasured book. I’ve been having a splendiferous time myself this entire week in the name of World Book Day, as I have been privileged enough to be invited to not just one, oh no, no, no! Not just 2, or even 3 my good friends! I was invited to visit 4 fantastic primary schools this week, as part of their celebration for World Book Day today.

These schools were Staniland Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire, Easton Royal Academy in Easton Royal, Pewsey, Wiltshire, Queen’s Crescent Primary in Chippenham, Wiltshire and this afternoon I’m visiting Heddington Primary in Heddington, Wiltshire. I’ve had so much fun taking their assemblies, creating woodland maps with their Year 2 children, creating woodland characters with their Year 1 children and discussing woodland phonics with their Reception children. I also ran creative writing workshops for the Junior children at Easton Royal Academy, where I am honoured to be their Associate Author. I was also very fortunate to be invited to Queen’s Crescent Primary’s Reading Festival that they held last night. I’m really looking forward to reading book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, to all the Key-Stage 1 children at Heddington Primary this afternoon and to be part of their Book Fair after school today.

Talking of ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, which was launched very successfully last Saturday at the Trowbridge branch of WHSmith, I wondered if you might like to have a sneaky peek in this freshly published latest instalment from my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series?! Okey-cokey…here we go…

Inside book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’!

Now Posie was beside herself with excitement during the launch of book 6 at the weekend! She’s also giddy with glee, since it’s World Book Day today! So much so, she thought she’d try to write her own story with the help of all the ‘Whimsy Wood’ folk! Now down in ‘Whimsy Wood’, they don’t have such things as paper or pens of course. Instead, ‘Posie Pixie’, ‘Raspberry Rabbit’, ‘Florence Fox’ and ‘Bromley Badger’ have been writing their own special stories on ivy leaves. ‘Mrs Spottisdowne the sparrow’ had to fly to ‘The Woodland Store’ earlier, to purchase some more blackberry ink from ‘Mrs Scarlet the squirrel’, who runs the store. The woodland folk had been creating some many splendid stories, that they’d used up Posie’s blackberry ink supplies!!

Well, on that creative note, I had best fly away myself to visit the children at Heddington Primary! I will leave you with a link to some free colouring-in sheets from my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series, that are currently available on the publisher’s website. I hope you have fun with them! Wishing you all a wonderfully whimsical World Book Day! 🙂

http://abelapublishing.com/whimsy-wood-complimentary-colouring-in-sheets_p28915758.htm

Sarah Hill, children’s author and creator of The Whimsy Wood Series.

Busy Busy Bee! Bzzzzz!!

Posted 26 February 2015 by Sarah Hill

My oh my! I don’t know where to start! It’s been such a splendiferous week for my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series and I! We’ve been in ‘The Gazette And Herald’, our local newspaper, following my author visit to Townsend Barn Nursery recently, to read one of my ‘Whimsy Wood’ books to their pre-school children.

Townsend Barn Nursery’s pre-school children and I during my author visit 🙂

We’ve got the launch of book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, this Saturday (February the 28th) at the Trowbridge branch of WHSmith, from 2pm. If you’re free then please do come along and meet ‘Posie Pixie’ in person and a few more of my ‘Whimsy Wood’ characters! There’ll be a colouring-in station for children (and grown-ups!) with sheets from my children’s series to take home. I’ll also be signing any copies of my ‘Whimsy Wood’ books if folk would like that 😉

In the midst of book launch preparation this week, I was delighted to receive a glowing review of book 1, ‘Posie Pixie And The Copper Kettle’, from the Readers’ Favourite in America. They have awarded this 1st book in my series a 5-star seal no less!! I was absolutely ecstatic to receive this and read the awesome review! The link to this I’ve pasted below 🙂

The Readers’ Favourite 5-Star Seal for book 1, ‘Posie Pixie And The Copper Kettle’!

https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/posie-pixie-and-the-copper-kettle

The last thing I’ve been doing this week, is preparing for ‘World Book Week’ next week! It is the busiest week in ‘Whimsy Wood’s’ calendar and rightly so! We have been invited to visit 4 schools during this joyous week of literary celebration. My first author visit is on Monday March the 2nd to Staniland Academy in Boston, Lincolnshire. The 2nd is on March the 3rd to Easton Royal Academy, near Pewsey, Wiltshire (where I am their ‘Associate Author’ no less!) Author visit number 3, is on March the 3rd to Queen’s Crescent Primary School in Chippenham, Wiltshire (they have also kindly invited me to be part of their ‘Reading Festival’ in the evening on this day 🙂 )and finally, my 4th visit is on ‘World Book Day’ (Thursday March the 5th) itself to Heddington Primary, Wiltshire. I really cant wait to get started on my school visits next week and meet all the children, teachers and parents. The best part of my author visits is spending time with the Key-Stage 1 children, running literary-related woodland activities and with the Key-Stage 2 children running writing workshops 🙂

So, that’s what’s been going on from the ‘Whimsy Wood’ writer’s side of things. But I bet you’d like to know what’s been going on within the enchanting world of ‘Whimsy Wood’ itself?! Well, let’s open the heavy oak doors that lead into this charming woodland and see what our characters have been up to…………………… Look above you and you’ll see ‘Mr.Bilberry the blackbird’, ‘Whimsy Wood’s’ postman, flapping about as he delivers leaf-letters to the woodland folk. He takes his job incredibly seriously I’ll have you know and this important role of postman has been in his family for generations! ‘Dr.Tustle the tawny owl’ is also swooping off to visit a poorly patient. My guess is it’s ‘Bromley Badger’ who he’s visiting! Bromley is ‘Whimsy Wood’s’ party-animal shall we say! Whenever I’ve met him, he’s either been off to a party, or returning to his set after dancing the night away!! Oh….what’s that I can hear? It sounds like a rustling and a scuttling under the leaves by my feet…. Who can that be I wonder??… Of course! It’s none other than ‘Wibble Woodlouse’! She’s telling me that she’s on her way to see ‘Mrs Scarlet the squirrel’ at ‘The Woodland Store’, as ‘Posie Pixie’ (her best friend) has run out of thistle-milk!

It seems like my ‘Whimsy Wood’ characters are terribly busy today as they go about the wood and so I shall close the heavy oak doors on this delightful world and bid you all a wonderfully whimsical week 🙂 I shall leave with you one more beautiful illustration from book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, by our amazing illustrator Sarah Mauchline.

Amazing illustration by Sarah Mauchline from book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’

Sarah Hill, children’s author and creator of The Whimsy Wood Series

Ps; if you cant wait til next week, then by all means pay Posie a visit on her very own Facebook page below, or visit the publisher’s website where you can view the latest book, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’ 😉

Visit Posie Pixie on her very own Facebook page!

https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=380649825434317

To pre-order book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’ direct from the publisher, Abela Publishing, please click on this link :-

http://abelapublishing.com/posie-pixie-and-the-snowstorm—book-6-in-the-whimsy-wood-series_p31036622.htm

Thank goodness it’s Friday!

Posted 20 February 2015 by Sarah Hill

Hurrah, hurroo, Friday is here for me and you! Thank goodness we’ve made it to the end of another week and the weekend is almost here!! Which means that the launch of my sixth ‘Whimsy Wood’ book, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’ is just over a week away! So to remind you about this exciting event, please see the flyer advertising this below.

Flyer for the launch of book 6 at WHSmith, Trowbridge, 28/02/15 ?

Now this book is written for the month of January, so there are sparkling snowdrops growing in ‘Whimsy Wood’, along with oyster mushrooms. Luckily, one or two are growing by Posie’s stone table in her kitchen and they make a sumptuous seat for a wee pixie, or indeed Posie’s best friend, ‘Wibble Woodlouse’!

‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, is the penultimate book in this first set of seven books in my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series. Now I’m guessing you might want to know a little bit about the final book in this set?! Well, since it is Friday, I’ll let you into a few ‘Whimsy Wood’ secrets, as long as you promise not to tell a soul. Good. So calm yourselves….try to contain your excitement….drum-roll please!! Book 7, the final book about Posie’s adventures, is titled ‘Posie Pixie And The Pancakes’! It is of course written for the month of February (as each of my ‘Whimsy Wood’ books are written for a specific month in the calendar) and ‘Mrs Scarlet the Squirrel’, who runs ‘The Woodland Store’ returns in this story. You’ll also get to meet another of the woodland folk, ‘Dr. Tustle the Tawny Owl’, who’s terribly serious and one of the older members in the ‘Whimsy Wood’ community.

After book 7, we get to follow the amazing adventures of ‘Fearne Fairy’ in ‘Whimsy Wood’! For now, all I’ll tell you about Fearne, is that she’s not your typical fairy! Basically, like you and I, she’s far from perfect! ? ? Well, I’ve given away far too many secrets already, so before I spill anymore, I’d best away and bid you a wonderfully whimsical weekend! In the meantime, if you wish to take a sneaky peek at book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, before it’s launched next Saturday, then please feel free to click on the link below ?

http://abelapublishing.com/posie-pixie-and-the-snowstorm—book-6-in-the-whimsy-wood-series_p31036622.htm

Sarah Hill, children’s author and creator of ‘The Whimsy Wood Series’.

An Exciting Extract!

Posted 12 February 2015 by Sarah Hill

Now, I’m certain that last week, I promised to let you read another wee snippet from ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, book 6 in my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series. So, without further ado, here’s the next enticing instalment! …..

‘ Suddenly there was a loud RAT-A-TAT-TAT! It was Sonny Shrew and Violet Vole tapping on Posie’s copper kettle house.

” Hellooo Posie! Are you in?” Violet called as she poked her brown, furry nose down the kettle’s spout.

“Yes I am!” Posie shouted back from inside her house. “Come and slide down the spout!”

“Really? Are you sure about that?” squeaked Violet a little uncertainly. “I mean, is it safe?” she asked whilst wrapping her furry tail around her mauve mittens.

“Of course Violet! It’s lots of fun! Unless you’re being a scaredy-cat, or should I say ‘scaredy-vole’ of course!” replied Pose giggling and tickling Wibble’s tummy, since she’d now rolled onto her back with her six tiny feet poking up in the air.

“Scaredy-vole!?!” Violet said with a smile as she dropped her tail. “Honestly, what a cheeky pixie! I think it’a time for some pixie tickling don’t you?!” she said whilst winking at Sonny Shrew.

” You betcha!” he squeaked and they watched a cluster of frozen leaves dance around on the woodland floor, as they were blown about by a sudden gust of icy wind. ‘ …….

So, will Violet Vole and Sonny Shrew slide down Posie’s copper kettle spout slide? Well you’ll just have to wait until next week, when I post the next extract! 😉 In the meantime, you can check out ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’ on the publisher’s link below and please see the image here of the 1st five books in my series. Book 6 will be joining them when it’s launched on Saturday February the 28th, at the Trowbridge branch of WHSmith, from 2pm 🙂

Wishing you all a wonderfully whimsical week, Sarah 🙂

The 1st 5 books in my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series!

To pre-order book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’ direct from the publisher, Abela Publishing, please click on this link :-
http://abelapublishing.com/posie-pixie-and-the-snowstorm—book-6-in-the-whimsy-wood-series_p31036622.htm

Bloomin’ Blogtastic!!

Posted 5 February 2015 by Sarah Hill

What a wonderfully whimsical week it’s been for my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series and I! Without further ado, I shall explain exactly why! Well, we were nominated for the ‘Very Inspiring Blogger Award’ by the very creative Carmela Dutra! Please check out her own brilliant blog here :- http://ablogforyourthoughts.com/wp-rss.php/blogger-award/

I would like to nominate these following blogs in turn for this awesome award :-

http://vegbooks.org

http://www.anywaytostayathome.com/

http://ajschildrensbooks.com/

http://awomanswisdom.wordpress.com/

Very Inspiring Blogger Award

In other ‘Whimsy Wood’ related news, I’ve been invited to Townsend Barn Nursery in Poulshot, Wiltshire, to read one of my books to their pre-school children, on Tuesday the 10th of February. I’ve also been invited to Heddington Primary school, Wiltshire, on Tuesday March the 3rd as part of World Book Week, which is all very exciting! This recent invitation, means that my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series and I, are now booked for all of this wonderful week! (March the 2nd – March the 6th)

Finally, the 4th version of ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’ (book 6 in my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series) is back from tweaking and fiddling and formatting with the publisher! I shall need to go over it later and ensure ‘Posie Pixie’ is also happy with it! This book is due to be launched on February the 28th and I feel the need to give you a wee extract from it, to wet your whimsical appetite a tad!…..

” WHEEE!” cried Posie Pixie with delight, as she slid down the slippery spout slide into her copper kettle house one icy January morning. “This is sooo much fun Wibble!” she squealed happily and promptly landed in her kitchen with a BUMPETY-BUMP, skidding sideways and narrowly missing her woodlouse friend. ……

Now, as I would say to my own children at the end of their bedtime story, “….and that is where we shall leave it….” ! I couldn’t possibly give you anymore from ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’!! Well….maybe… I’ll tell you a little more next week! Until then, I shall close the heavy oak doors on the wonderful world of Whimsy Wood and bid you all a very whimsical, rather early, weekend (hey, it’s nearly Friday!) ?

A refreshing ‘recap’!

Posted 30 January 2015 by Sarah Hill

As this January comes to a close, I’ve been contemplating how far my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series and I have come. I first received my author’s contract with Abela Publishing in January 2013. I was beyond elated when it arrived 2 years ago! Since then, the 1st 5 books in my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series have been published and launched in various book shops in this fine county of Wiltshire.

The 1st of these books was ‘Posie Pixie And The Copper Kettle’. This book was published in July 2013 and it sets the scene for the rest of my 35-book series. We get to meet ‘Posie Pixie’ for the 1st time and learn about her new home in a copper kettle, which is positioned against a tree stump in Whimsy Wood….

The tree stump by Posie Pixie’s copper kettle house

Book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, is currently being formatted ready for its release and launch on Saturday February the 28th, at the Trowbridge branch of WHSmith from 2.30pm. There’s then only 1 book left in this 1st set of 7 books, before we start work on set 2 (books 8-14) and you will get to meet more ‘Whimsy Wood’ characters! The main character in set 2 from my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series is not ‘Posie Pixie’! Don’t panic! She does come back later on in my series. In fact, after book 7, ‘Posie Pixie And The Pancakes’, you’ll see Posie again in book 15. Now, I’ve already written up to book 14 in my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series, but I really do need to make a start on book 15!!

On that note, I’ll leave you with a link directly to the publisher’s website and wish you a wonderfully whimsical weekend ?

www.abelapublishing.com/whimsy-wood.html

Igniting Imaginations!

Posted 22 January 2015 by Sarah Hill

So, it’s been a jolly busy week already in my wee world of writing! I mentioned in last week’s post, that my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s books and I had been invited to Ilminster E-ACT Academy in Bristol, as part of their ‘book week’. Well my all-day author visit to this smashing school was on Monday and it was fantastic! I had so much fun with their 260 pupils and they were a joy to spend time with. The theme for my visit was ‘Imagination’ (my all-time favourite word!) and I used several quotes from inspiring people, to underpin this tremendous tool that we all have within our brains. One of these quotes being….”Logic can get you from A to Z, while imagination can get you everywhere…”, by Albert Einstein. Another was…”Imagination is a muscle that needs to be fed with life’s experiences and flexed from time to time…”, by Malorie Blackman.

I was asked to lead their assembly that morning, so I told the children and staff about my journey to becoming a children’s author, although I originally trained as a Vet and was in practice for 10 years before I started writing! I then read them an extract from ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, book 6 in my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series, which is due out on February the 28th. The rest of my morning was spent running woodland-related literacy activities with their six infant classes. One particular thing stands out in my mind here and that was regarding a lovely lad in one of their Year 1 classes. I had asked them to create their own woodland character and to use three adjectives to describe it (following a discussion of what they would see in a wood and the adjectives that I have used in my ‘Whimsy Wood’ books to describe my own characters). He had drawn a brilliant bunny, given it chicken-pox, slitty eyes and yellow teeth. When it came to the ‘show and tell’ time at the end of the activity, this hilarious and rather clever young man, very proudly stood next to me at the front of the class holding up his drawing and said…”Here’s my rabbit! He’s sick (chicken-pox), evil (slitty eyes) and is dirty, because he doesn’t clean his teeth Miss!!” Just brilliant!! 🙂

After lunch I had a ‘Q&A’ session with their school council. The children asked me some really fabulous questions on being an author and hopefully I gave them a good insight into the world of writing, publishing and marketing. I then ran a creative writing workshop with their junior children. We played some ‘warm-up’ games ranging from, ‘Let’s take a word for a walk’, to ‘Showing not telling’, to get their imagination ignited and their words flowing. The thoughts and ideas and then the original pieces of prose, that they created all by themselves, were fantastic. One young man said to me at the end of the workshop, “Wow Miss! I didn’t know I could do that!” His comment blew me away. I suspect the memory of that lovely lad will remain with me throughout my writing life.

The rest of the week has been busy with the usual social media promotion and connecting that is essential in this day-and-age for any author, along with sending illustration placements to the publisher (Abela Publishing) as formatting is well underway for ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’! I’ve also been completing author interview questions for two magazines (who shall remain nameless for now!) as well as preparing for a reading of ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’ this Tuesday on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rrradio in America! Thank goodness it’s nearly Friday!!

On a lighter and more whimsical note, the ‘Whimsy Wood’ folk have been having heaps of fun in the snow that fell during their recent snowstorm! ‘Skittle Spider’ has been enjoying a spot of downhill skiing, whilst ‘Sonny Shrew’ has adapted his awesome skateboarding skills and mastered the amazing art of snowboarding! ‘Mr Bilberry the blackbird’, proud postman to the ‘Whimsy Wood’ folk, has somehow managed to keep postal deliveries going during this particularly testing cold snap. While ‘Mrs Scarlet the squirrel’, who runs ‘The Woodland Store’, has kept her shop open so the ‘Whimsy Wood’ folk have been able to grab their essential chestnut crumpets and snowberry juice!

Well, I’d best say goodbye and get on writing book 15 in the ‘Whimsy Wood’ series, as it’s not going to write itself! I’ll leave you with a beautiful image of the blue birds in ‘Whimsy Wood’ during the recent snowstorm and a few links that may be of interest to you. Wishing you all a rather early (it’s nearly here!) yet whimsical weekend 🙂

Sarah Hill

Some bold and brave blue birds during Whimsy Wood’s snowstorm !

If you would like to book Sarah Hill and her ‘Whimsy Wood’ series for a school visit, please click on this link :-

http://www.findschoolworkshops.co.uk/

Or you can email her directly on whimsy.pixie76@gmail.com

To pre-order book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, please click on this link :-

http://abelapublishing.com/posie-pixie-and-the-snowstorm—book-6-in-the-whimsy-wood-series_p31036622.htm

A Very Vibrant Visit Ahead!

Posted 16 January 2015 by Sarah Hill

Well, my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series and I, will be off on our first school visit of 2015, this coming Monday! Needless to say, I’m itching with anticipation and beyond excited, as I love doing author visits! Seeing children’s imaginations engage as you read them a story you have created, is such a joy to behold 🙂

The school I’m going to see is Ilminster E-ACT Academy in Bristol. They have asked me to lead their morning assembly and then I shall be taking 30-minute creative and literacy lessons with their 5 infant classes. After lunch, their school council will be asking me questions on being an author and then I shall run a creative writing workshop with 30 of their junior pupils. Finally, we shall end the day with book signings of my ‘Whimsy Wood’ series in their school library!

The aims of my ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s series are to engage children more with nature and to ignite their imaginations. These will also be two of my aims of my school visit on Monday, along with increasing the children’s passion for reading. During the morning assembly that I’ll be leading on Monday, I’ll read an extract from book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, to the children. This book will be launched on Saturday February the 28th at WHSmith, Trowbridge from 2.30pm. Here is its front cover!

The front cover of ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, book 6 in the ‘Whimsy Wood’ series

I’ll end my assembly and indeed today’s post, with a fabulous quote from the current children’s laureate, Malorie Blackman :-

“Imagination is a muscle. It needs to be fed by life’s experiences and flexed from time to time.”

Wishing you all a wonderfully whimsical weekend,

Sarah Hill 🙂

Jumping Junipers! It’s January!

Posted 8 January 2015 by Sarah Hill

First and foremost, “Happy New Year!” I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are ready to face a brand new year that’s full of possibility. In the quirky and quaint world of ‘Whimsy Wood’, we’re celebrating the start of 2015 with the creation of the next book in this delightful children’s series! Book 6, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’, is due to be launched on Saturday February the 28th, at WHSmith Trowbridge, from 2.30pm. The manuscript of said book, is currently having its last tweakings with the editor and soon will be on its little formatting journey, as the manuscript becomes the book. It’s all rather magical stuff really!

I’m guessing you might like to know what and indeed who, is in ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’?! Well, there’s our very familiar ‘Posie Pixie’ and her best friend ‘Wibble Woodlouse’ of course and we get to meet 2 new ‘Whimsy Wood’ characters! These being ‘Sonny Shrew’ and ‘Violet Vole’. Sonny is a super cool dude who doesn’t go anywhere without his trusty skateboard, whilst Violet is a very girly wee creature who has a tendency to worry too much, poor thing! This book is written for the month of January (each book is written for a specific month in the calendar you see!) when snowdrops are starting to appear, along with oyster mushrooms and the slimy orange-capped fungus!! Charming!! The oyster mushrooms do make for comfy chairs around Posie’s stone table in her copper kettle house and Violet often sports a snowdrop skirt at this time of year in the wood! As for the uses of a slimy orange-capped fungus, well you’ll just have to get yourself a copy of, ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’ to find out!

I’ll leave you with this delightful illustration (that will appear in book 6) by the brilliant Sarah Mauchline and wish you a wonderfully whimsical week 😉

Sarah Hill

‘Violet Vole’ and ‘Sonny Shrew’ visit ‘Posie Pixie’ in ‘Posie Pixie And The Snowstorm’

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