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Cover of Barnaby and the Listening Tree by Tobias Wren

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Barnaby and the Listening Tree

Children's fiction · Early chapter book · ages 6 to 9 · All ages

Mira moves to Charlottetown and feels lonely until she meets Barnaby the cat and a hollow tree on Ivy Lane that seems to listen. Gentle wonder, friendship, and belonging.

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Tropes

  • New kid in town
  • Animal friend
  • Gentle magic of place
  • Friendship

Content warnings

  • Mild loneliness themes

Excerpt

The tree did not speak. It listened the way a good friend listens, with leaves that held still when Mira finally said she missed her old street.