Joy quickly turns to disappointment as Mona is bossed around and teased by Tilly. Heartwood asks her to stay on through their busy season, much to the dismay of the current maid Tilly. When Mona goes to leave the next day, Mr. Heartwood the badger, agrees to let Mona stay the night with one of the maids in exchange for her help cleaning up after the festival. Unfortunately for Mona, it's the annual Acorn Festival and all the rooms are taken. Mona hasn't just found a refuge from the storm, she has found the Heartwood Hotel, a place where all animals are welcome to rent a room for the night. When she puts her hands on the heart to inspect it more closely, because it looks like the heart on her suitcase, a door swings open allowing Mona to enter the tree. Mona comes across a large tree with a heart carved in the bark. Alone and with only a suitcase she makes her way through the dark forest trying to find a safe place to wait out the storm. " T]he gentle but intrepid Clover continues to charm.Mona the mouse has lost her home, again. "Graduates of sparkly chapter-book series will be right at home and looking for the next installment posthaste.". and] a conclusion that will satisfy young readers.". " A] charming story, delicately written, with a winning heroine. "Readers will be envious of the world of magic that Clover becomes ensconced in and eager to read future installments.". Clover's sweet story is a good next step for lovers of the Magic Tree House.". " This] gentle tale of magic and self-reliance will entertain confident new independent readers. Praise for the Magical Animal Adoption Agency series This delightfully enticing start of a new chapter book series tells a tale of friendship, courage, and community, with exquisite black-and-white illustrations throughout. Danger lurks, and as it approaches, Mona finds that this hotel is more than a warm place to spend the night. But the Heartwood Hotel is not all acorn souffl and soft moss-lined beds.
As it turns out, Mona is precisely the maid they need at the grandest hotel in Fernwood Forest, where animals come from far and wide for safety, luxury, and comfort. When Mona the Mouse stumbles across the wondrous world of the Heartwood Hotel in the middle of a storm, she desperately hopes they'll let her stay.
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