A think crescent moon, high in the sky, shed faint white light over Dimwood Forest.
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(1995)
Poppy
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It is scary to look Mr. Ocax in the eyes. Especially if you are a deer mouse and only six inches long (and three inches of that is your tail). Besides, if you are Poppy you would rather be dancing in the moonlight. Instead, you have to defend yourself against the tyranny of Mr. Ocax, a great horned owl, who, compared to you, is huge.
Mr. Ocax has declared himself king of Dimwood Forest, claiming that he alone protects the mice from porcupines. In order to expand beyond Gray House (where they have lived since the farmer left), the mouse family must ask Mr. Ocax's consent. He refuses, saying that Poppy and her boyfriend did not request permission for a little dancing on Bannock Hill. That moment begins all the trouble.
Frightening trouble, as it turns out, for Poppy must come face-to-face with a dreaded porcupine and, equally alone, confront Mr. Ocax at his most fierce. It's then that Poppy learns there is no bully worse than a bully whose bluff is called.
In this charmingly pictured fable, Avi calls courage by its rightful name. And celebrates it.
--front flap
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Deer mice, golden mice, great horned owls, porcupines, salt licks, children's novels, Action & Adventure, Young adult works, Young adult fiction, Fiction, Juvenile audience, Animals, Open Library Staff Picks, Survival, White-footed mouse, Owls, Mice, Juvenile fiction, Mice -- Fiction, Owls -- Fiction, Animals -- Fiction, Survival -- Fiction, Children's fiction, Mice, fiction, Owls, fiction, Dimwood Forest (Imaginary place), Forest animalsPlaces
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"A Richard Jackson book"–Half t.p.
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Poppy is a children's novel written by Avi and illustrated by Brian Floca. The novel was first published by Orchard Books in 1995. Poppy is the first-published of Avi's Tales From Dimwood Forest series. Within the narrative sequence of the series, it is the third book. In 1996, Poppy received the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for fiction.
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