This book is a fantasy book where animals talk and are anthropomorphic. The book chronicles the adventures these animals face as they protect and defend good in their beloved Mossflower Wood and their Abbey, for which the series is named. Any one of the books from the series is great for a Language Arts class as it features symbolism, good vs. evil, and many other different literary aspects. The series even has some poems and songs written into it. In addition, in this book the female characters play just as an important and heroic role as the male characters do which I think is great for older children and young adults to read. ( )