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The Forest of Voices

by Naoko Awa
illus. by Saeko Hirokawa

Ages 8 UP

There is a mysterious forest that echoes the voices of anyone who strays inside. Animals, birds, hunters and woodcutters alike become too afraid of their own echo to escape alive. However, a girl called Little Bud bravely goes into the forest to find a defiant rooster. How will she get out of the forest?

28 x 21 cm, 32 pages, Full-colour illustrations
First published April 2006
Rights sold: China