Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Faraway Adventure

"Rachel Chivers Khoo is Ireland's answer to Enid Blyton." Children's Books Ireland

"Beautifully written and utterly entrancing. This is a gem of a book." Hannah Gold, author of The Last Bear

Meet the Finders, the enchanting collectors of lost items...

The Borrowers meets The Magic Faraway Tree in this beautifully illustrated animal adventure, sequel to Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Lost Treasures.

When Tuft, a young Finder of Silverthorn Forest, wakes early from hibernation, he decides to set out on an adventure to find the legendary Faraway Forest. After an unexpected trip to London via a postbox, Tuft is reunited with his human friend Max, and secretly signs him up for an adventure camp in the New Forest. Tuft is convinced that they'll uncover the homeland of the Finders here, but Max is sceptical. The camp is the last place he wants to be spending his school holiday, especially as he doesn't have any of the right equipment and it won't stop raining.

But with a severe storm approaching, things soon turn perilous, and Max must use all of his newfound skills if he's to save Tuft and the new Finders they have befriended.

- A classic children's adventure, for fans of Enid Blyton, E. Nesbit and Jill Murphy, as well as Andy Shepherd's The Boy Who Grew Dragons and Liz Flanagan's Wildsmith series.

- Illustrated in black and white throughout, this magical chapter book is great for building confidence in independent readers, and also makes a perfect cosy bedtime story for the whole family to enjoy.

- With themes of friendship, courage, trust and resilience, as well as the importance of caring for our wild spaces.

Readers LOVE the Finders of Silverthorn Forest series:

"This book is brilliant!! I love it, I give it one hundred stars!" Toppsta reviewer

"Equal parts The Hobbit and The Magic Faraway Tree, you will be engrossed from page one." Goodreads reviewer

"Once again I give another Rachel Chivers Khoo title five stars! Each of her books is perfect for reading together, for confident 5-8 readers and those just getting into 9-12." Goodreads reviewer

"Wombles for modern times." Goodreads reviewer

"This is a wonderfully heart-warming, magical and exciting adventure with just the right amount of danger for younger readers." Goodreads reviewer

About the Author

Rachel Chivers Khoo was born in Belfast and spent most of her childhood sheltering in her local library from the endless Northern Irish rain. She studied English Literature at Oxford before working in book publishing. She is the author of The Wishkeeper's Apprentice, The Magician Next Door and Finders of Silverthorn Forest: The Lost Treasures. She lives in Oxford with her family and far too many books. You can say hello to Rachel online (Twitter: @Rach_Khoo; Instagram: @RachelChiversKhoo).

Laura Catalán is a Spanish children’s book illustrator. She obtained a degree in Anthropology while practising her favourite activity from childhood: drawing. For several years she attended drawing lessons at the Fine Arts Centre of Sant Lluc in Barcelona. She then decided to shift gears and pursue a career in children’s illustration as it merged two of her favourite things in the world: books and drawing. For over a decade she has been illustrating educational material and children’s fiction, especially middle grade fiction and picture books for clients all over the world. Laura lives in Barcelona.