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A shortcut through the forest to Grandma's house produces some eerie moments – and some oddly familiar characters – in a strikingly illustrated tale about facing fears.

One night a boy is woken by a terrible sound. A storm is breaking, lightning flashing across the sky. In the morning Dad is gone and Mum doesn’t seem to know when he’ll be back. The next day Mum asks her son to take a cake to his sick grandma. "Don’t go into the forest," she warns. "Go the long way round." But, for the first time, the boy chooses to take the path into the forest, where he meets a variety of fairy tale characters.



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an extraordinary book, which will enhance children's visual literacy and encourage them to bring their own knowledge of fairytales to the story. * Springboard Stories *
With each page, our expectations of what will happen shift, as Browne plays with readers’ knowledge of the fairy-tale source to set up suspense, before a happy resolution. . . Like so much of Browne’s work, this book encourages children to look attentively and think about motives and meanings. -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *

Into the Forest

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    A Paperback / softback by Anthony Browne, Anthony Browne

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      Publisher Walker Books
      Imprint Walker Books Ltd
      Published 5 September 2005
      ISBN-13 9781844285594
      978-1844285594
      ISBN-10 1844285596
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      Children & Teen Children & Teen Non-Fiction Books by Anthony Browne

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A shortcut through the forest to Grandma's house produces some eerie moments – and some oddly familiar characters – in a strikingly illustrated tale about facing fears.

      One night a boy is woken by a terrible sound. A storm is breaking, lightning flashing across the sky. In the morning Dad is gone and Mum doesn’t seem to know when he’ll be back. The next day Mum asks her son to take a cake to his sick grandma. "Don’t go into the forest," she warns. "Go the long way round." But, for the first time, the boy chooses to take the path into the forest, where he meets a variety of fairy tale characters.



      Trade Review
      an extraordinary book, which will enhance children's visual literacy and encourage them to bring their own knowledge of fairytales to the story. * Springboard Stories *
      With each page, our expectations of what will happen shift, as Browne plays with readers’ knowledge of the fairy-tale source to set up suspense, before a happy resolution. . . Like so much of Browne’s work, this book encourages children to look attentively and think about motives and meanings. -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times *

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