Beloved writer BILL ALIVE weaves magical, amazing, extraordinary stories that delight children and grownups alike.

On a windy, rainy morning in early spring, a nature-loving country boy rushes out to explore the endless forest of oaks and maples behind his farmhouse.

Wearing his brand new, bright red boots.

He splashes through cold puddles, squishing through the glorious mud. And deep in the forest, along a special secret path, the icy cold mud sucks the right boot clean off his foot.

"Hey!" the boot calls after him. "Wait for me!"

But the excited boy just keeps on running. Oblivious.

Which leaves the new, little red boot on his own in the forest. Lost. Alone. And with no idea how to get home …

A sweet, enthralling chapter book—the tale of a most unusual little hero, and the strange, wild beauty, and danger, and magic of the world, when seen through fresh eyes.