Cress Watercress av Gregory Maguire

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<p><b>A lavishly illustrated woodland tale with a classic sensibility and modern flair, from the author of the novel <i>Wicked</i>, which inspired the hit musical.</b><br><br>Gregory Maguire turns his trademark wit and wisdom to an animal adventure about growing up, moving on and finding community. When Papa doesn''t return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. It¿s a dangerous world for rabbits, after all. Mama moves what¿s left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse superintendent, a rowdy family of squirrels and a pair of songbirds who broadcast everyone¿s business. Can a dead tree full of annoying neighbours, and no Papa, ever be <i>home</i>?<br><br>In the timeless spirit of E. B. White and <i>The Wind and the Willows ¿ </i>yet thoroughly of its time ¿ this read-aloud and read-alone gem for animal lovers of all ages features an