Poppy
core novel 1995 Tales from Dimwood Forest
Record
| First published | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (11,275 ratings, collected 2026-10-27) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780531094839 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying great horned owl who rules over Dimwood Forest from an old charred oak, has other ideas. When the owl kills her fiancé Ragweed for breaking his rules, Poppy, who has been warned all her life of Mr. Ocax's evil ways, dares to stand up to the tyrant, setting out through the forest where she meets the cantankerous porcupine Ereth and learns the truth about the owl who calls himself king.
Where it sits
- Universe: Tales from Dimwood Forest
- Series: Tales from Dimwood Forest core; position 1 of 7 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Avi
Awards (verified)
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (Fiction), 1996: won
Notes
- From the series record (Tales from Dimwood Forest): Seven animal-fantasy novels.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series Tales from Dimwood Forest: position 1 of 7: next Poppy and Rye (1998)
Sources
- Avi: Poppy & Rye (The Poppy Books, reading order)
- Mohave County Library catalogue: Poppy (New York: Orchard Books, 1995, ISBN 9780531094839)
- North Logan City Library catalogue: Poppy (summary)
- Audiobooks Now: Poppy (publisher synopsis)
- Wikipedia: Poppy (novel) (The Tales of Dimwood Forest)
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