| View Larger Image | Tales from Dimwood Forest Box Set (The Poppy Stories) | Paperbackby Avi (Author), Brian Floca (Illustrator)
| List Price: | $23.96 | |
| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | HarperTrophy | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2001 | | Sales Rank: | 579,597th |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
All the Tales From Dimwood Forest -- Ragweed, Poppy, Poppy and Rye, and Ereth's Birthday -- in one stunning boxed set! |
Amazon.com Review
Four novels from one of children's literature's greats--Avi—-are collected in a handsome boxed set that his many fans will treasure. The swashbuckling tales of life for the brave rodents and other woodland critters in the Dimwood Forest have an edge-of-seat appeal for readers of all ages. From the high drama of Ragweed, in which adventure-mouse Ragweed hops freight trains, joins a clan of hipster mice, and wages war against evil cats; to the heartbreaking and breathtaking saga of Ragweed's plucky sweetheart in Poppy; to the poignant tale of progress gone bad in Poppy and Rye; to the entertaining expletives of a porcupine foster pop to fox pups in Ereth's Birthday, Avi's stories are persistently engaging. Illustrator Brian Floca's mouse-eye perspectives and dastardly depictions of the villainous cats, owls, and beavers add loads of drama to this terrific series. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 5 reviews)
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Tales from Dimwood Forest by J. Rogers  5 Stars
January 07, 2008
My son is in 5th grade and has never liked to read. He had to read "Poppy" for a class assignment so we read it together and it seems to have opened the door for him. He had to have the rest of the series and he read them all on his own. I also read them and was surprised by how much I liked them and really enjoyed the characters. These books are wonderful!
J. Rogers
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Tales From Dimwood Forest 5 Stars
November 14, 2006
This boxed set is wonderful. You will be able to follow the sequence of events in the lives of Ragweed, Poppy, Rye and Erith. These lovable creatures will delight you with their antics.
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Poppy by Jane A. Turner (Carrollton, Georgia, USA)  3 Stars
August 24, 2006
I read this book with my twin 11yr olds for a school project over the summer. This is a great book filled with adventure and courage of a small mouse and how to overcome fears. I would highly recommend this book for 4th, 5th and 6th graders.
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Ereth's birthday  4 Stars
October 31, 2002
Ereth's Birthday is a very cute and good book. I recomend it to people inbetween the ages of 8 & 11. I'm 11 but I still loved it. It's about this porcupine named Ereth and he thinks that his best friend and the mouse he has had a crush on forever forgot his Birthday. Then he decides to go off insearch of his favorite treat. SALT. Although he's a very determined prcupine he gets slowed down by a thick layer of snow. Through out his long journey he learns that he shouldn't think about just himself when his life is threatened. It is funny and sad in a few places but thats what makes it a good book. He makes up odd words like bubbled bat wings and slimy slithering snakes. But I think you should defanately read it.
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Children's delight! by cheepbooks (Rockledge, FL USA) 5 Stars
June 26, 2002
My children absolutely adore this series. They just can't get enough. I have borrowed them so much from the library (and paid so many fines) that I finally bought the set. A great addition to your child's library!
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SIMILAR PRODUCTS |
| Poppy's Return (The Poppy Stories)
by Avi (Author), Brian Floca (Illustrator)
There's trouble at Gray House, the girlhood home that Poppy left long ago. Poppy's family has called her back to save them all—mother, father, sisters and brothers, and dozens and dozens of deer mouse cousins. Poppy invites her rebellious son, Junior, to join her on the long trip across Dimwood Forest, hoping the journey will bring them closer together. But with Junior's skunk pal, Mephitis, and Ereth, the cantankerous porcupine, in tow—sugared slug soup!—Poppy and Junior may...
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| The Good Dog
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| Poppy (The Poppy Stories)
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King of the NightAt the very edge of Dimwood Forest stood an old charred oak where, silhouetted by the moon, a great horned owl sat waiting. The owls name was Mr. Ocax, and he looked like death himself. With his piercing gaze, he surveyed the lands he called his own, watching for the creatures he considered his subjects. Not one of them ever dared to cross his path. . .until the terrible night when two little mice went dancing in the moonlight. . .
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| Ragweed (The Poppy Stories)
by Avi (Author), Brian Floca (Illustrator)
A mouse has to do what a mouse has to do.Ragweed is determined to see the world. He leaves his family and cozy country home and sets off by train for the big city. What wonders await him: music, excitement, new friends...and cunning, carnivorous cats! Silversides is the purring president of F.E.A.R. (Felines Enraged About Rodents), a group dedicated to keeping cats on top, people in the middle, and mice on the bottom. Can Ragweed and his motley yet musical crew of city nice--Clutch,...
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| Poppy and Rye (The Poppy Stories)
by Avi (Author), Brian Floca (Illustrator)
Heartbroken over the death of her fiance, Ragweed, Poppy, a deer mouse, journeys west through the vast Dimwood Forest to bring the sad news to Ragweed's family. But Poppy and her prickly porcupine pal, Ereth, arrive only to discover that beavers have flooded the serene valley where Ragweed lived. Together Poppy and Ragweed's brother Rye brave kidnapping, imprisonment, and a daring rescue to fight the beavers. At the same time, Rye -- who has lived in Ragweed's shadow -- fights to prove himself...
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