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Kieran Larwood revisits this fantasy about a mouse monastery

PERHAPS THE HARDEST element of being a children’s writer is finding a way back across that invisible boundary between childhood and adulthood to tap into something that speaks to their world.

For many authors, myself included, their masterplan has been to use animals as characters. Whether in their natural form and environment, as in , or some, it’s clear that children have a real passion for worlds with a strong connection to nature.