![]() ![]() The girls and their mother do befriend a strangely tame bear and he lives with them during the winter – hence the Tender Morsels vibe. The girls were spunky and smart and their world had just enough magic – giving me that nostalgic feeling of possibility that I, too, could have stumbled upon a magic forest, without feeling too saturated or bizarre. The beautiful, watercolor (or, at least they look that way, maybe she used markers) illustrations help fill in some of the details too. Like many fairytales, descriptions are used sparingly, but in all the right places. Naturally, they come across some strange happenings. Two sisters (one light-haired, the other dark, as is traditional) explore the forest around them as they reluctantly try to adjust to life without their father and the home they grew up in. Martin wrote and illustrated a delightful little fairytale. ![]() Fortunately, this book doesn’t contain bizarre bear sex! I was briefly reminded of Margo Lanagan’s Tender Morsels, but only because the stores are loosely (very loosely) similar. I’ve always been a fan of fairytale retellings and this middle-grade didn’t disappoint. They discover the strange forest contains more than meets the eye. ![]() ![]() As they explore the deep woods around their new home, the girls encounter a small, bearded man, a boy who lives underground and a great bear who needs their help. Written & Illustrated By Emily Winfield Martin My Edition:Īfter the disappearance of their father, Snow, Rose and their mother are exiled from their lavish home to a small cabin in the woods. ![]()
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