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Review An addictive, page-turner fantasy... The Prairies BookReview, August 23, 2020Hill'scharming modern-day fairy tale features the endearing mythical creatures from afantasy land, King Nature's Cloudland. In the third installment, BeyondCloudland, Uncle Josh is missing and Robbie is summoned by the king to helprestore order in neighboring Darkland. Joined by his friend Neely, Robbie setsoff for the mysterious land of perpetual half-light, unaware of the manydangers lurking in shadows. Hill's storytelling has both the comic charm andpsychological intensity of a traditional fairytale, and is full of satiric witand specific wisdom. The series is aimed at older kids, but the preschoolerswill find comfort in familiar archetypes, including misunderstood magical creaturesand the courageous sibling duo and their friends. Younger readers will findthemselves looking at Michael Kelley's drawings again and again. The books makefor both tales full of magic and mayhem for the older kids and excellentbedtime stories for the younger children. With its bighearted heroes andlarger-than-life adventures, the series makes for a fantastic fantasy read.Cloudland is a delightful new world ready and waiting for young readers to escape into... The Children's Book Review, March 25, 2020.Young readers will delight in discovering the strange inhabitants of magical Cloudland, and will join Jane and Robbie in their adventures. It is fantasy, but without the dark themes of some of the more extreme literature in this genre. Weather connections between Cloudland and our earth are described in a clever way that should encourage additional thought. And the story lines pursue positive themes and lessons. Product Description King Nature needs help for a land no one knew existed, the neighboring world of Darkland. Bad things are going on there and they may be related to the disappearance of Robbie’s Uncle Josh. Robbie knows nothing of this until he and his friend Neely are summoned by