Publisher's Synopsis
"But the Wisp of the Wood
Didn't like what she heard.
She considered this creature
Completely absurd.
"You FOOLISH wild beast
Don't you know that I could..."
And with that she SNIFFED...
And turned Fox into WOOD."
Who are the wood-creatures and where do they come from? In Eastwand, not far from the Big City is a small wood, and in that small wood lives the Wisp of the Wood. She is herself beautiful, with long wispy flowing hair, and is powerful like the wind, controlling what she can inside the little clump of trees that she looks after. She controls the animals that live in the wood. Those that she does not like she won't allow. She makes sure of that. They become 'wood-creatures', imprisoned by her magical powers. But one day a teeny Little Owl, barely 7 inches tall, appears and she takes to him straight away and lets him stay and do whatever he likes. He and his partner settle down and he begins to have a lot of influence over the Wisp and whatever happens in the days to come. In the next books you can follow the adventures of Superowl in Smallwood. This introductory story-poem, aimed at upper juniors or junior high children, is the first of a new series of delightful children's books set during and shortly after the 'Lockdown'. As the first of the series, it is rather different from the rest. For one thing this first story is a long poem and the pictures are not photos, they are drawn, beautifully created by AI. The subsequent books are story books but also photo-books, and the photographs were taken by the author during the period of the Lockdown and shortly after in East London, in a small wooded area called Wanstead Flats. The pictures are beautiful nature photographs of owls and other birds, all taken very early in the morning in this little spot of East London in England.
The series, initially written for and dedicated to his grandchildren, is meant to be inspirational and educational. It is hoped it will encourage children to become interested in conservation, in nature and birdlife, and develop an interest in their own local environment.