About the series

Real places. Real adventures. One very small dog.

A fearless girl and her tiny dog step through Grandma Jo's magic Map Wall into real places around the world, learn a real outdoor adventure from a new local friend, and come home a little wiser, with a patch to prove it.

The series is built on a simple promise: a kid should finish every book knowing something true about a real place, how a real adventure is done safely, and that the bravest kids are also the ones who wait, listen, and ask for help. Mila stays bold in every book. The world just keeps teaching her how.

Every place gets a local friend and a local mentor who speak for their own home. The facts in Mila's Field Notes are checked, the safety rules are the real ones, and the Talk About It questions at the back are there because the best part of a picture book is the conversation after it.

Lucy Marlowe

Lucy Marlowe is the author and illustrator of the Mila & Moose series. She lives near the ocean in Southern California.

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