Bartlett & the Forest of Plenty

Odo Hirsch. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, $16.95 (240pp) ISBN 978-1-58234-931-2

The hero of Bartlett and the Ice Voyage (""a charming fantasy about the perils of desire,"" according to PW) features in a third episode, Bartlett and the Forest of Plenty by Odo Hirsch, illus. by Andrew McLean. Bartlett, Jacques le Grand and their apprentice, Gozo, head to a mysterious, virgin forest, and Gozo, who longs to take part in an adventure, wonders if this might be his chance. .

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