Hattie - Children's Books
Badger’s Wood
starring Hattie & Friends
By Tina Prince-copyright.tinaprince
Illustrations by Tina Prince- copyright.tinaprince
Children's book - suitable for ages 5 - 100!
This is a tale of deep friendships, magic, mystery and mayhem.
In the sleepy little village of Pickleton, the animals and some of
the people who live there can talk to each other!
Bill Bodgett lives in Pickleton village. He is an evil con man. He
offers false friendship to an old lady called Miss Daisy Carpenter.
She owns Forsythia Manor, 25 acres of land and Badger’s Wood.
The old lady agrees to sell the house to him on the condition that,
he gives the land and Badger’s Wood to the people of Pickleton
after her death.
Bill Bodgett lies to her, and after her death upsets the whole
village with his plan to demolish the Manor House, destroy the
badgers, the wood where they live, and build houses on all of the
land! His dream is to become the richest man in Pickleton, and he
will harm anyone who stands in his way!
A little rescue dog called Hattie, vows to defeat the evil Bill
Bodgett. Hattie and all the dogs who live in the village, devise a
plan to defeat Bill Bodgett, save the badgers and Badger’s Wood.
Daisy Carpenter’s spirit is troubled and cannot rest. Her portrait
hanging on the wall in the drawing room comes to life, and
haunts Bill Bodgett, but protects Hattie and those who love her.
She'd spent many years playing in this forest as a child. While Selene had enjoyed her novels in the warmth of the house, a blanket wrapped around her narrow shoulders, Sidra always came home covered in mud and scrapes from hours out in the wilderness. She'd take an axe out into the forest and pretend to fight off monsters, the terrifying Mystics that her grandmother had told her stories about. She'd pretend to fight Lycans, knocking out their massive teeth one by one. She'd stand atop rocks and throw her axe at the trees, pretending they were wood nymphs come to steal her away. She'd always return home and tell Selene about the monsters she'd fought that day, spinning together a story of courage and bravery for her little sister.
She felt that pain in her heart again as she thought of those times. Through the years, she'd stop going into the woods to play, and she'd instead find stories for Selene. Books of all sizes and shapes, no matter the content, because it made her feel close to her sister just as she had before her parents died. She thought of her family now, how she was all alone. Her parents had been gone for years, her grandmother, and now even Selene was missing somewhere. She needed to find her sister, she couldn't lose the last bit of her family.
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