Five starred reviews!
A
New York Magazine
Best Book to Gift Little Kids 2024
Named Best Picture Book of the Year by
Kirkus Reviews
and
Shelf Awareness
“Marvelous mouse-sized mischief for all ages.” —
Booklist
(starred review)
From the creator of the acclaimed and beloved
Pokko and the Drum
comes an emotionally resonant,
“richly imagined” (
The Horn Book
,
starred review)
picture book about trust, worry, and loyalty between a father and daughter.
Mina and her father live in a hollowed-out tree stump on the edge of a pond on the edge of a forest. Nothing ever bothers Mina, until one day, her father brings home a suspicious surprise from the woods.
Should Mina trust her father—or listen to her own instincts?