I didn’t think Isobelle Carmody could create a more delightful creature than Little Fur, but I was wrong! Bily and Zluty are such sweet, good-natured, caring characters that I was captivated from the start. On a bare, unyielding plain the two brothers have worked tirelessly to create a natural paradise around their stone home, but in this, the first of a trilogy, their world is threatened by the brewing of an unnatural storm.

Carmody relentlessly builds the sense of foreboding with her wonderful storytelling, and – as in the Little Fur series – also with her ethereal illustrations. I couldn’t put it down. This lovely little hardback is a perfect gift for children eight and up.