When Elara trips near her grandparents' mailbox and hits her head, she discovers something impossible - a massive oak tree that wasn't there before, with a glowing key buried in its roots and a hollow that opens like a door. Inside the Whispering Woods, Elara finds a magical version of her grandparents' farm, alive with talking animals who desperately need her help. Willow the duck, Shell the turtle, Brock and Aspen the beavers, and a family of raccoons show her a world of interconnected habitats - logs, brush piles, swamps, and ponds - that are mysteriously disappearing one by one.
When Elara returns to the real world and discovers the truth about the "shadow" destroying the animals' homes, she must find the courage to speak up - and teach the adults in her life that messy is beautiful, and that every creature deserves a safe place to call home. Filled with real wildlife habitat lessons kids can actually do at home, 21 badge-earning chapters, and a secret message hidden in the pages, The Whispering Woods: The Hidden Door is an adventure that doesn't end when you close the book.
When Elara trips near her grandparents' mailbox and hits her head, she discovers something impossible - a massive oak tree that wasn't there before, with a glowing key buried in its roots and a hollow that opens like a door. Inside the Whispering Woods, Elara finds a magical version of her grandparents' farm, alive with talking animals who desperately need her help. Willow the duck, Shell the turtle, Brock and Aspen the beavers, and a family of raccoons show her a world of interconnected habitats - logs, brush piles, swamps, and ponds - that are mysteriously disappearing one by one.
When Elara returns to the real world and discovers the truth about the "shadow" destroying the animals' homes, she must find the courage to speak up - and teach the adults in her life that messy is beautiful, and that every creature deserves a safe place to call home. Filled with real wildlife habitat lessons kids can actually do at home, 21 badge-earning chapters, and a secret message hidden in the pages, The Whispering Woods: The Hidden Door is an adventure that doesn't end when you close the book.