The Leaf Thief

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The Leaf Thief by Alice Hemming is about a squirrel who counts the leaves on his tree every day and one morning finds one missing. Not fallen. Taken. He recruits his friend Bird an d starts working through the suspects, and most readers will have solved it well before Squirrel does. That gap is where the whole book lives. It is very funny about autumn and quietly serious about change and the worry that comes with it, illustrated by Nicola Slater in warm reds and golds, with a note at the back explaining what actually happens to leaves. A New York Times bestseller. HardcoverAges 4–8 Show more