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Journey into a world that's right under your feet to find rideable ants, battles with centipedes, insect wranglers, and a good old mystery to unravel!

Drought has struck and Rein’s Mamma, May, has gone missing on her quest for water.

To try and find her, young and sheltered Rein must…


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1 author picked The Raindrop Ramblers as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Even though this book is marketed to children, if you are a lover of stories like The Borrowers or Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad series or Nome Series (Truckers, Diggers, Wings), you will enjoy this too. It follows the plite of a microscopic creature, Rein, as he ventures out of 'Haven' (a houseplant) into the world outside (the garden) in an attempt to find water, and he gets caught up in a big political 'war' of sorts. He is a 'rambler', and they tame ants, and ladybirds, and come up against various other insects.

J R Bee clearly loves insects and…

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