An impish, stick creature called Leaf lives in a giant, old tree beneath an ancient volcano and its melting glacier. One day, Leaf's younger brothers run away to play in the vanishing snow, but soon the Twig twins are lost in a maze of endless ice tunnels. With the help of a grumpy hermit and feisty pika, Leaf searches the blue tubes. But it is the rare beasts of the Long Ice who will decide their fate!

Twigs live in a fragileworld of old forests and magnificent glaciers threatened by climate changeevents, yet Twigs stick together to survive.

Royalties areshared with nature conservancy nonprofits that protect wildlife and forests.

Twig stories areillustrated by D.W. Murray, a Disney artist. His credits include Mulan, Tarzan,Lilo & Stitch, Brother Bear, Curious George, and many more. He is arecipient of the New York Society of Illustrators Gallery and the 2004 GoldAurora Award.

O MARSHALL lives in the Pacific Northwest nearglacier-capped volcanoes and lush rainforests. She is concerned about climatechange impacting the wildlife and forests in this region, and so her timely,eco literature novels describe this transforming natural world by means offantastic adventures about impish and courageous stick creatures called Twigs.

Jo was a literacy tutor for elementary school children in Snohomish, Washingtonfor seven years. In the D.C. area from 1999 to 2006 she worked for theParalyzed Veterans of America and Oceana as a legal assistant to their GeneralCounsels. Jo earned a B.A. in German Language and Literature from theUniversity of Maryland, Europe in 1986. From 1984-1987 she worked as a liaisonbetween the military and international communities in West Berlin.