<![CDATA[<BODY>The mice of Brambly Hedge made their first appearance in 1980 when the four seasonal stories were published. Jill Barklem had spent five years on research before she started to write her first stories about the mice of Brambly Hedge and her interest in Natural History and her curiosity about traditional rural customs and crafts have spilled over into these chronicles of hedgerow life.
<P>Brambly Hedge is now an international phenomenon with translations into fifteen languages and sales of over four and a half million copies. The mice have appeared on merchandise ranging from china to chocolate and now feature in animated films for television. The extraordinary story of how Brambly Hedge came to life can be read in '<A HREF="bhstory.htm" TARGET="main">The Story of Brambly Hedge</A>', written by Jane Fior and originally published in 'Tales from Brambly Hedge', a complilation of the second four Brambly Hedge stories..</BODY>]]>