Author: Baker, Nicola Family & home stories (Children's / Teenage)Published on 23 October 2025 by Simon & Schuster Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the A Whistledown Farm Adventure' series.Hardback | 320 pages, black & white illustrations throughout138 x 206 x 26 | 344g The fourth book in a warm and beautifully observed farm adventure series from Nicola Baker, star of Our Farm in the Dales. Perfect for readers 8+ and fans of Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Dick King Smith and The Snow Foal. With stunning illustrations from Rachael Dean throughout.It's winter at Whistledown Farm and there's plenty for Ava to do – from harvesting the holly from the woods to sell at the Christmas market, to helping a hibernating hedgehog, to sledging. Then Ava finds a little kitten wandering up the farm track and suddenly the winter days get even busier for Ava.‘Baker is a gifted writer, and her bucolic adventure harks back to classic farm stories such as those written by Dick King Smith and Michael Morpurgo’ The Bookseller
