English Forest

You’re falling through time so all I can do is fall with you. The numbness had set in long before I sat at your bedside. But even with senses impaired as the flight touches down at Belfast City I can somehow still feel the screeching of wheels on tarmac scorching something deep into me. So begins Gary Lightbody's phenomenal companion book to the latest, Snow Patrol’s number one album of the same name. While you don’t have to read it to understand the album, you may want to give the album a wee listen for some parts of the book to make sense.

As the gates of Ravenskeep swing open and a young woman flees into the primeval depths of Sherwood Forest and into the arms of the man she loves, a saga of exceptional power and remarkable passion begins... He is Sir Robery Locksley - the heroic nobleman who has turned his back on all he knows to embark on a dangerous quest for justice in an England torn apart by treachery, betrayal, and war.

Vega Jones escapes an abusive relationship with nothing but her two-month-old baby and the van she grew up in. Her destination is a small Ohio town her late vagabond mother left years ago. It’s one full of nobodies, her mother warned. That makes it the ideal refuge for Vega to lie low, feel safe, and maybe learn more about a past her mother never spoke of.

In a quiet forest in Belarus, two boys stumble across a long-kept secret: the mass grave where Stalin's police secretly murdered thousands in the 1930s. The results of the subsequent investigation have far-reaching effects, and across the Atlantic in Toronto, Leah Jarvis, a lively, curious young lawyer, finds herself tasked with an impossible case: the deportation of elderly Stefan Drozd, who fled his crimes in Kurapaty for a new identity in Canada.

While on a school trip to the Poconos Mountains (in the middle of a storm) high school seniors, Zyla Matthews and Kai Johnson, run away together leaving their friends and family confused. As far as everyone knows, Zyla and Kai have been broken up for months. And honestly? Their break up hadn't surprised anyone. Zyla and Kai met while working together at an amusement park the previous summer, and they couldn't have been more different. Romantic, heart-stirring, and a little mysterious, Zyla & Kai will keep listeners guessing until the last chapter.

For listeners who enjoyed Finding the Mother Tree and The Hidden Life of Trees comes the first-ever book about a movement to restore biodiversity in our cities and towns by transforming empty lots, backyards, and degraded land into mini-forests. Author Hannah Lewis is the forest maker turning asphalt into ecosystems to save the planet, and she wants everyone to know they can do it too.

Leif the leaf takes listeners on a magical (and miraculous) journey, revealing how small specks of ancient moss grew into massive rain forests.

When Zoe gives her cousin Lauren a disastrous "trim", they run to the new hairdresser in town, who manages to fix Lauren's hair. While they're there, an angry customer storms into the salon, complaining about her perm. A few days later, Lauren and Zoe are shocked to discover the angry customer strangled right in front of the salon! Who is a suspect? Brooke, the new hair stylist? The victim's best friend? Or the victim's ex-husband who is just recovering from their bitter divorce?

On August 5, 1949, a crew of 15 of the United States Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in the Montana wilderness. Two hours after their jump, all but three of these men were dead or mortally burned. Haunted by these deaths for 40 years, Norman Maclean puts back together the scattered pieces of the Mann Gulch tragedy.

Owl is bored with its habitat! Follow Owl as it tries out different places to live. Which habitat will make the best home for Owl?

In the New Republic, every woman must marry five men. It’s the law. Welcome to the apocalypse. Includes Theirs to Protect, Theirs to Pleasure, and Theirs to Wed.

"Johnny Butler was just four years old when his Lenni Lenape "father," Cuyloga, spoke the words that siphoned out his white blood and put Indian blood in its place. Now the Yengwes, the white soldiers, were taking him back to his "true" home. Inside of him hate and anger spread like poisons. The Light in the Forest, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Conrad Richter, will touch a new generation with its lasting truths.

Forest bathing isn't taking a bath in the middle of the forest; it's the act of allowing your senses to bathe in the sensations of the wooded areas we have come to know and love. During a forest bathing session, you fully immerse yourself into experiences, reaping physical, emotional, mental, and social health benefits. Forest bathing is a natural and proven way to help relieve stress and reduce the adverse effects that a hectic life can cause.

Everyone in the small town in Northern California seems drawn to Jason, the good-looking yet arrogant cupcake baker, and his French Bulldog—which means no customers for the trio. But when they discover Jason's dead body and are treated as major suspects, they decide to investigate! Who is the killer? The ex-girlfriend? The victim's best friend? Even Ms. Tobin is considered a suspect by the new detective in charge of the case. Lauren and Mitch go on a double date with Zoe and Chris, while Annie finds a possible clue.

Let's go on a journey through the backwoods. This time we meet a Mother Deer and her little fawn who has grown into a strong young buck. They wander through the forest in search of a pair of antlers that the deer lost. Will they be able to find the antlers before winter arrives and the animals enter hibernation?

Welcome to the first story about the inhabitants of the green forest. We'll travel through thickets and a clearing full of forest flowers, with the Bear and Hedgehog, and learn that not every animal is who we think they are. Sometimes squirrels can be spiky and malicious, and hedgehogs—despite their quills and prickly appearance—have a belly that's soft to the touch.

This is a tale of a young and slightly oversensitive bird. The Woodpecker has just started carving its first hollow when a sound started to distract him from the task. He assumes the other forest animals are making fun of him – but is it really the case? The Woodpecker sets off on a lonely expedition to the oldest part of the forest to get some answers.

This next story will introduce us to more inhabitants of the forest. The little Tree Frog is envious of the animals who are gifted in something and just wants to find a hobby. He experiences many disappointments while hiking to the top of an old ash tree, and learns that he is neither a good model nor a talented artist. Will he be able to find his passion and talent before reaching the highest branch?

Let's go on an adventure that takes us on a hike deep into the forest. This time we meet a family of weasels who are looking for a babysitter for their two unruly children as they prepare supplies for the upcoming winter. Who will help this forest family in need? And will the shaggy bison turn out to be a good nanny for the little weasels?

What can you do about your noisy neighbours? The Badger has been having sleepless nights due to the sounds made by the ants living nearby. How is he going to deal with this problem? Will talking to his tiny new neighbours help? Or will he have to move out of his beloved home?