Rosa has travelled a long way to meet a grandma she has never met. She sent a letter to say she was coming, to say that she had nowhere else to go.

Grandma Nan isn’t anything like Rosa imagined. Where she lives is the complete opposite of what Rosa is used to in her old home in a big city. Grandma Nan’s home is a self-built cabin of one room in the middle of the wilderness called Big Sky Mountain.

Rosa is a little scared at the HUGEness of everything. The trees, the mountains around them, the space everywhere and even the sky looks so much BIGGER than in the city. She wonders if Grandma Nan ever gets lonely with only a few visits a year from the pilot who brings her supplies.

It’s not long before Rosa learns why Grandma Nan is never lonely. There is Pig the grumpy pygmy owl who is also a very good alarm. There is Albert the moose who is constantly getting his head stuck in their window and the local fish are chatterboxes.

Not everyone is happy though. Grandma Nan takes Rosa on an adventure, camping, canoeing, tramping and staring up at an endless black velvet blanket of stars. On their adventure they meet some animals with a problem. Can a girl from the city help solve it?

With illustrations in soft blue and grey hues on almost every page, Big Sky Mountain is an adventure story for young readers building their confidence with chapter books.

A young girl from the city is experiencing the wilderness and her own grandmother for the first time – a little scary, but eventually eye-opening and wonderful as her confidence grows. Talking animals help her connect with her new home and even problem solve when an upset arises.

This series is based on the author’s own experiences with her own grandmother. The second adventure in this series is entitled The Forest Wolves.

Author / Illustrator – Alex Milway

Age – 7+

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(Allen & Unwin, 2021, Action, Adventure, Animals, Family, Conflict, Series, Wilderness, First Meetings, Moose, Grumpy Owl, Talking Animals, Badgers, Nature)