Author Description

<b>Five starred reviews!</b><br> <b>A <i>New York Magazine</i> Best Book to Gift Little Kids 2024</b><br> <b>Named Best Picture Book of the Year by <i>Kirkus Reviews</i> and<i> Shelf Awareness</i></b><br> <b>“Marvelous mouse-sized mischief for all ages.” —<i>Booklist </i>(starred review)</b><br> <br><b>From the creator of the acclaimed and beloved <i>Pokko and the Drum</i> comes an emotionally resonant, </b><b>“richly imagined” (<i>The Horn Book</i>,<i> </i>starred review)</b><b> picture book about trust, worry, and loyalty between a father and daughter.</b><br><br>Mina and her father live in a hollowed-out tree stump on the edge of a pond on the edge of a forest. Nothing ever bothers Mina, until one day, her father brings home a suspicious surprise from the woods. <br> <br>Should Mina trust her father—or listen to her own instincts?