Davey McGravey

"Davey McGravy, a name to conjure with, to dream with by the cedar trees out in the rainy woods".

In a misty, faraway-feeling "land of rain", Davey McGravy lives with his father and brothers, but mourns his missing mother.

He follows the rhymes in his head into a forest of ferns, moss, and cedar trees where he meets animals wise and strange.

A coaxing crow urges him onwards. A consoling peacock tells him that nothing is really lost.

A fierce lioness frightens him. Following their voices, Davey travels deeper and deeper into the mysterious woods.

Then he must find his way home, to a father who is sad but loving, and brothers who care for him no matter how they fight.

Caught between his forest-world and the world of school, shopping, and family life, Davey wanders his way through grief.

With playful and evocative verse, poet David Mason delivers him back to his boyhood but leaves the mysteries of love intact.

Full of humour and melancholy, this book movingly captures the longing of a child for his lost mother.