Off the far tip of Cornwall, beyond Land's End, lie the
Isles of Scilly.
On some of the islands live the famous Scilly Shrews. In the equally famous Abbey Gardens on
Tresco
, there is a big shed in which humans have put figureheads from their ships. Behind that shed, somewhere in the long grass, is a nest containing one particular family of shrews.
There's
Mum
(whose real name is
Hepzibah
), her three little boy shrews
Gimble
,
Gweal
and
Kettle
, and her two tiny girl shrews
Tamsin
Flossie
. The shrews have lots of bird friends, one in particular named
Fluff
the chough. Another of their special friends is a frog named
Percy
.
You may think the life of a shrew is not very interesting, but you couldn't be more wrong. Contained in this book are just a few of the many stories about things that have happened to our little family of Scilly shrews - both their adventures and their mis   adventures!
Should you ever find yourself on a beach on Tresco, perhaps you will be lucky enough to see a Scilly shrew, or two... or three... or maybe even four!