regshoe

'The beginning' is not a simply-defined thing, since the order in which the books were written and published is not the same as their internal chronological order! sanguinity is the person to talk to for advice on reading order—I understand that in general the later-published but earlier-set books are more worthwhile.

Aww, how lovely about FHB's robin friend! I did think it worked very well as a sort of slightly-magical exaggeration of the way real robins behave.