Hush Hush Forest Outdoors With the help of Betsy

With the help of Betsy Bowen’s finely observed and beautiful illustrations

Her grandmother’s instructions lead her to an apartment building full of drunks

we overlap the runic letters along a single central stave

protected and warmed with crisp

jam or cheese down with less work

Hush Hush Forest Outdoors With the help of BetsyLyrical words and elegant woodcuts capture the quiet beauty of the forest as day fades to night and autumn gives way to the North Woods winter While we are tucked in, snug in warm blankets as we listen to bedtime stories, the woods around us whisper another tale. As the golden leaves waft through the lengthening shadows, the loon sings one last lullaby, the whirring hummingbird takes one last sip, the industrious beaver saws one last branch for her