Little Fur
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.
Winner of the Aurealis Award for Children's Long Fiction (2006), Winner of the ABPA Book Design Award (2006)
About the Legend of Little Fur Series
Books in series order
- 1.Little Fur(2005)
- 2.A Fox Called Sorrow(2006)
- 3.A Mystery of Wolves(2007)
- 4.A Riddle of Green(2008)
Reading age: 6+ years
This series should be read in order.
This series follows the adventures of Little Fur - a small being who is half elf and half troll - as she embarks on a quest to save her secret wilderness home from destruction. Her journey takes her and her friends from their secluded safety into a dangerous human world with many obstacles to overcome. Blending fantasy, mythology, adventure and ecological elements, the 'The Fur' novels endeavour to present younger children with a magical view of the world, and to set an example for them through the determination, sensitivity and protective nature of its heroine.