By Will Hillenbrand
Published by Holiday House
Mom's Review
I love the shapes hidden in the snow flurries. Are they animals camouflaged? Are they guardians protecting the mouse? Are they his imaginings? I tend to think they are some combination of silent protector and woodland dweller, as evidenced by their appearance before the mouse's inexplicable escape from a terrifying owl. The images of the Winding Willow evoke the beauty of Frost's "Stopping by Woods" while the events unfolding call to mind Dickens's dark Christmas tales like "The Chimes." With a delightful, diminutive protagonist who returns to the cozy warmth of home and family in the end, The Winding Willow is perfect to read on a dark winter's night.
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