A Walk in Wolf Wood is one of Mary Stewart’s children’s books and features some of the themes which often turn up in her adult books, magical fantasy and mystery. It was first published in 1980 and this paperback in 1981. I don’t know about you but I like the fairy tale castle on the cover. I read this as part of the Scotland 2014 challenge. This has been my sixteenth book.
John and Margaret Begbie were having a picnic in the Black Forest with their parents. The parents were drowsy after their meal and when a weeping man walked past John and Margaret they decided to follow him to see if they could help him. So begins an adventure into the past, featuring a duke and his household and a werewolf.
It reads like an updated fairy tale and is an enjoyable story, I think I would have loved it if I had read it as a 10 year old but it wasn’t bad reading as an adult.
I’m not sure I even realized that Mary Stewart had written children’s books. I love the castle on the cover, too.
The opening, as you describe it, reminds me of Alice and the White Rabbit who ran past her with his pocket watch and waistcoat and led her on to you know where! Alice is my favorite book and I often read bits of it. I’ll have to look for some of Mary Stewart’s children’s books.
Joan,
Yes and it’s also quite similar to Hansel and Gretel in parts.
Yet another Mary Stewart novel that I knew nothing about. Into my “Books” file it goes!
Thank you for the eye-opener,
Judith
Judith, I wonder if we will ever catch up with all those books which we have noted down!
Mary Stewart used to be a neighbour of my school best friend. I loved her books, but this is one I haven’t read! I re-read a whole lot of her books fairly recently, but before Peggy’s “Read Scotland” challenge, which incidentally I must get back to.
Evee,
What a neighbour to have, but it sounds like she was almost reclusive, but maybe not with people she knew. I wish I had met her.