Designed for readers beyond picture books, but not so advanced that fun and imagination are removed, Forest Trails and Fairy Tales is the author's second book that fills that important niche. Reference pictures are included but not enough to restrict a child's reading practice and development. Reading fun begins when Jack and Jill meet familiar nursery rhyme characters as they explore along forest trails. The meet Humpty Dumpty, who often falls because he has a self-image problem. They also accompany Red Riding Hood as she visits her grandmother and finds that Granny is friends with B.B. Wolf. They also try to solve the problem with Bo Peep's lost sheep. They are also puzzled by a rabbit that's determined to make an uncooperative tar baby talk and be his friend. Other characters they meet include the three bears, Beanstalk Jack, and Jack B. Nimble. Their biggest question is why Granny has a baseball team on her corn farm.