The Stream That Stood Still

Book 2 of the Magic Woodland series

This is the second book in a trilogy first published in the 1940s. This volume is set several years later than the first. The heroine is Jill, Judy's daughter, who is helped by the fishes when the wicked witch Miss Smith kidnaps her brother, Jack.

Genre
fantasyadventure
Themes
childhood
Audience
childrens
Length
short · 160 pages

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