A True Home
About
Courage, kindness, and adventure abounds in this charming, illustrated chapter book series about a mouse discovering the true meaning of home.When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a storm, she desperately hopes theyll let her stay. As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort. But the Heartwood Hotel is not all acorn souffls and soft moss-lined beds. Danger lurks, and as it approaches, Mona finds that this hotel is more than a warm place to spend the night. It might also be a home.These heartwarming stories will delight newly independent readers and send them scurrying for the second book in the series, The Greatest Gift.
Why it’s great
When Mona the Mouse stumbles through a storm into the Heartwood Hotel in Fernwood Forest, she hopes only to find shelter. Instead she finds a job as a maid, a community of animals from far and wide, and a place to truly belong. This charming illustrated chapter book about kindness and belonging captures the warmth at the heart of great hospitality, the feeling that you are not just a guest but genuinely welcome.
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