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By Phoebe Wahl
Toronto: Tundra Books, 2021. Picture Book.

An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, from award-winning author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl. Little Witch Hazel is a tiny witch who lives in the forest, helping creatures big and small. She's a midwife, an intrepid explorer, a hard worker and a kind friend. In this four-season volume, Little Witch Hazel rescues an orphaned egg, goes sailing on a raft, solves the mystery of a haunted stump and makes house calls to fellow forest dwellers. But when Little Witch Hazel needs help herself, will she get it in time? Little Witch Hazel is a beautiful ode to nature, friendship, wild things and the seasons, that only Phoebe Wahl could create: an instant classic and a book that readers will pore over time and time again. --Publisher

By Stephanie Graegin
New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2017. Picture Book.

A wordless picture book in which two friends follow a young fox deep into the woods and discover a wondrous and magical world. -- Publisher

We Will Live In this Forest Again
By Gianna Marino
New York: Holiday House, 2020. Picture Book.

When a thriving forest is swallowed by wildfire, its residents brace themselves and look to new beginnings. -- Publisher

Hush Hush, Forest
Written by Mary Casanova
Woodcuts by Nick Wroblewski
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018. Picture Book.

An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, from award-winning author-illustrator Phoebe Wahl. Little Witch Hazel is a tiny witch who lives in the forest, helping creatures big and small. She's a midwife, an intrepid explorer, a hard worker and a kind friend. In this four-season volume, Little Witch Hazel rescues an orphaned egg, goes sailing on a raft, solves the mystery of a haunted stump and makes house calls to fellow forest dwellers. But when Little Witch Hazel needs help herself, will she get it in time? Little Witch Hazel is a beautiful ode to nature, friendship, wild things and the seasons, that only Phoebe Wahl could create: an instant classic and a book that readers will pore over time and time again. -- Publisher
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