A brand new adventure, based on the world created by Jill Barklem but aimed at a younger audience with contemporary illustrations, and featuring the fearless Wilbur and his friend Primrose.

There has been a flood in Brambly Hedge and Wilfred and Primrose are indoors playing hide-and-squeak with their new friends, Horace the Vole, and his baby sister, Sissy.

Sissy is hiding inside a little basket boat, tied up outisde the front door. It's tiring work waiting to be found and Sissy soon falls asleep... just as the boat's rope comes loose...

What can the hedgerow friends do to rescue little Sissy?

An exciting adventure full of drama, warmth and charm.

This book is part of a book series called Stories From Brambly Hedge .

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Alan MacDonald lives in Nottingham. He writes both non-fiction and fiction as well as writing for radio and TV. He has a particularly good track record for writing page-turning and accessible historical books. Jill Barklem was drawn to the natural world ever since childhood. While training as an illustrator at St Martin's School of Art, her long journeys to college gave her time to escape into the imaginary world of a colony of mice, later to be developed as the enchanting miniature world of Brambly Hedge.