Kids’ books reviews: Arboreal action and adventure

Wood you believe? Pet O’Connell leafs through new releases in Irish children’s fiction

'Into the Witchwood' is a spellbinding debut from Co Galway author Méabh McDonnell.

Into the Witchwood by Méabh McDonnell (O’Brien Press, €9.99) 

The bedtime stories Rowan and her younger sister Lila were told by their mother almost always featured a girl lost in the woods and facing an evil witch, goblin, or wizard.