As a child Jill always enjoyed being close to nature, spending much of her time at the end of the garden watching spiders going about their busy lives.Īt the age of thirteen, Jill suffered a detached retina this would result in her no longer being able to take part in sport at school. Jill’s father came from a long line of London drapers and owned an old fashioned department store on Epping High Street. Jill was born in Epping, Essex, a town sheltered from London’s urban expansion by an ancient woodland, Epping Forest. Intended for small children, the books were an immediate success with readers of all ages and the books have been translated in to over thirteen languages and sold over seven million copies. Brambly Hedge is an idyllic spot where old values flourish and seasonal self-sufficiency is the order of the day. SPRING STORY, SUMMER STORY, AUTUMN STORY and WINTER STORY chronicle in astonishing illustrative detail, the lives and adventures of a community of mice who live in Brambly Hedge. In 1980 Collins published four little picture books by a young author and illustrator, Jill Barklem.
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