Leslie follows a fox into the dark depths of an unkonw forest. In a clearing, she finds a mysterious being that will change her life in a wonderful way.

The author, who has received the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, tells us through her simple pencil drawings a story where feelings play an important role, with familiar characters within dreamscape, full of mystery. A story to read between the lines.

"The root child is a curious story where fantastic worlds, solitary lives and strange beings are mixed. Leslie, the main character in this story lives an extraordinary experience that will change her life (...). The renowned Kitty Crowther offers us this illustrated album, which balances between real and imaginary landscapes and invites us to track this lonely and aloof character while she’s learning to coexist again. With simple pencil strokes she creates all this world where fantasy, feelings and learning are the protagonists" (Boolino).