Read in the early 2010sIt was about a little fairy girl (I think she may have had red hair and a name that started with F but that I'm not sure) who was on a journey, possibly to save her home. She could only walk on earth (like the forest floor) and could not walk on roads because she had to stay in contact with nature at all times. She made friends with some animals.I remember the cover was brown & it had one of those half dust jackets that doesn't cover the whole book, which was purple and had a little illustration of the main character on the cover.
Little Fur is an elf troll who lives in a secret wilderness at the heart of a great human city. She is a healer. She sings to the ancient trees that protect the small wilderness.But one day Crow tells of humans who will come to burn the trees. To protect her home and her friends, Little Fur must venture for the first time into the dangerous human world . . .'Isobelle Carmo Little Fur is an elf troll who lives in a secret wilderness at the heart of a great human city. She is a healer. She sings to the ancient trees that protect the small wilderness.But one day Crow tells of humans who will come to burn the trees. To protect her home and her friends, Little Fur must venture for the first time into the dangerous human world . . .'Isobelle Carmody's Legend of Little Fur books evoke a dreamlike sense of warmth and tenderness.' Sydney Morning Herald'Isobelle Carmody's impish, enviromentally passionate character is completely convincing, taking readers into a world that's familiar, and yet in Carmody's hands, refreshingly original.' Sunday Age ...more