WELCOME TO
Mountain Hollow.
Stories children can enjoy. Lessons they can carry with them.
Meet the friends of Mountain Hollow
Cobb and his woodland friends explore questions, relationships, mistakes, and discoveries through warm adventures designed for family reading and classroom conversation.
More than another children’s story
Each adventure opens the door to conversations about nature, courage, kindness, curiosity, patience, gratitude, and the choices children make as they grow.
Bring Mountain Hollow into your classroom
The classroom bundle connects the stories with reading, writing, science, and social-emotional learning opportunities for elementary students.
Children remember what a story helps them feel
A lesson can tell a child to be brave, curious, patient, or kind. A story lets that child watch a character struggle with the choice. That difference matters. Advice is easy to forget. A character’s mistake, discovery, and second chance can stay with a reader long after the book closes.
Read for enjoyment. Return for conversation.
Mountain Hollow stories are written to work first as warm adventures. They also give families and teachers natural openings for questions: What did the character notice? What choice would you have made? What changed? Which detail matters most? Those conversations strengthen comprehension without turning every page into a worksheet.
Extend the story without draining the joy
A useful follow-up should deepen the reading experience rather than bury it. A short written response, nature observation, partner discussion, or creative task can help children connect the story to science, writing, and social-emotional learning. Browse Books by J. R. Glenn or explore the classroom resources linked above.