Blogtour: Big Sky Mountain by Alex Milway

Welcome to Big Sky Mountain: a home for everyone!

Rosa has come from the city to live with Grandma Nan in the wilds of Big Sky Mountain. And what surprises are in store for her! Grandma Nan is not exactly an ordinary grandma, and Big Sky Mountain is like nowhere Rosa has dreamed about before. From canoeing down rapids to making friends with the local animals, life never stays still for long on Big Sky Mountain.

Welcome to Big Sky Mountain: a home for everyone!

There is never a dull day on Big Sky Mountain! Rain or shine, there is always something that needs doing. Rosa and Grandma Nan are busy building a bigger cabin when a storm strikes, and a host of animals descend for shelter. There is one unexpected visitor: a tiny wolf cub. This little wolf doesn't seem like the scary, giant-fanged forest wolves that Rosa has heard about! Can the cub really be part of their pack? Rosa and Grandma Nan set off into the forest to find out . . .

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Welcome to the blog tour! This fabulous chapter series has just published its second book, and I'm here to cheer about it a little bit.

I hadn't read this series before, so I didn't know what to expect when I came into it. What I got was something a little bit Heidi, a little bit Wind in the Willows, and very much its own thing. Rosa moves to the mountains to live with her grandmother and discovers a world where everything relies on everything else, from the tiniest insect to the tallest tree in the forest.

The talking animals took me by surprise at first...I hadn't realised it was that kind of story...but they quickly became very natural and part of everything. I love the map in each book and found myself tracing their various journeys (and wondering what might happen in future novels, in so far unexplored areas!)

The stories themselves are exciting and well pitched to children who are starting to read on their own. The illustrations (which are amazing) break up the text nicely, and the story never drags, so children will want to keep reading and find out what happens next. I think Stick is my favourite character, but there are plenty of challengers for the role!

I really enjoyed this and I'm glad I got to be on the tour for these fun books. Bring on the next one!

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