The mice of Brambly Hedge are racing to bring in the harvest before the autumn rain arrives, and Primrose, daughter of Lord Woodmouse, fully means to help. Instead she daydreams her way across the cornfield and into the Chestnut Woods, and by the time the sun goes down and the wind picks up she is lost and alone in the dark. Autumn Story is the third of the four original Brambly Hedge books, all published in 1980. Jill Barklem spent five years studying hedgerow plants and English country life before she drew them, and it shows in every spread, from the cutaway views of mouse kitchens and storerooms to details painted at a scale that rewards a magnifying glass.

• 32 pages
• 5.8" x 6.9" x 0.2"
• Ages 5+