LITTLE FUR

Book 1 in The Legend of Little Fur

story and illustrations by ISOBELLE CARMODY

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New softcover book, 198 pages. First published 2005, this edition published 2009

Who is Little Fur? Why, she's a half elf, half troll, as tall as a three-year-old human child, with slanted green eyes, wild red hair that brambles about her pointed ears, and bare, broad, four-toed feet. Little Fur loves and tends to the Old Ones, the seven ancient trees that protect her home, a small, magical wilderness nestled magically in a park in the midst of a large, bustling human city. When she learns that evil forces are out to destroy her beloved trees, the intrepid halfling must embark on an ambitious and dangerous journey into the human world and down into an ancient cut in the earth, in search of a way to save not only the Old Ones, but the Earth Spirit itself.

In the Little Fur books, children discover a complete world, richly imagined and filled with characters at once familiar and magical. They live in the overlooked pockets ad wild places of our world, shunning those strange and alarming humans. Little Fur, an elf troll and a healer, becomes the unlikely guardian of her beloved wilderness, which lies hidden in the heart of an ancient city. Having faced greeps and brutish trolls, she must also penetrate the evil troll city to help protect the great earth spirit that nurtures all living things.

Geared to young middle-grade readers who are, like our troll heroine, still innocent and natural champions of our earth, Little Fur is an eco-fantasy as wise and fey as it is adventurous and suspenseful.

About the author

Isobelle Jane Carmody (born 16 June 1958) is an Australian writer of science fiction, fantasy, children's literature, and young adult literature. She began the first of her highly acclaimed Obernewtyn Chronicles when she was 14, while she was still at high school, and worked on it while completing a Bachelor of Arts, and then a journalism cadetship. The series, and her short stories, have established her at the forefront of fantasy writing in Australia.

She has written many award-winning short stories and books for young people, including the Obernewtyn Chronicles, the Legendsong Saga, the Gateway Trilogy and many other novels, several collections and a volume of short stories. The Legend of Little Fur is Isobelle's first series for younger readers.

Isobelle divides her time between her home on the Great Ocean Road in Australia and her travels abroad.

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Little Fur: Book 1 in The Legend of Little Fur by Isobelle Carmody