When Rose sees a little boy trying to escape from the back of a truck, only to be captured and shoved back in, she decides to follow the truck. At a desolate place out of town she discovers many other children, staring hungrily from behind an electric barbed wire fence.
Ruby hates herself so much that she often feels like a piece of rubbish than a little girl. Sometimes Ruby feels so miserable that she wants to sleep and never wake up again. Then one day, Ruby meets Dot, When Ruby feels Dot's kindness and understanding, something warm happens in her tummy, Dot helps Ruby to move from self-hate to self-respect.
Rupert has a big secret: when his owner, Mandy, is asleep, he dances the night away. One night Mandy catches Rupert mid-dance, and she's thrilled! Thinking she can perfect his skills, she tries to give him dancing lessons - but Rupert is horrified. Lessons are for dogs! Cats do things their own way.
When Veronica learned to play the violin, at first she was awful. It was terrible for the neighbours. But she practised, and her skill became so astonishing that she could move people and animals to tears, until everything changed with her trip to the deepest jungle. 'A refreshing read!' Observer
These children and animals are all very different to each other. Some are big, some are small. Everyone is playful, but who's the best at hiding? But one thing's certain: they all love a good bedtime story! The perfect picture book for little ones who are just beginning to make sense of their place in the world.
Written in Julia Donaldson's glorious rhyme and illustrated in glowing colour by Axel Scheffler, THE SCARECROWS' WEDDING is now available in paperback. Scarecrows Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay are planning the perfect wedding, but wicked Reginald Rake has other ideas. Harry must become a hero so he and Betty can have the wedding of their dreams.
Written in Julia Donaldson's glorious rhyme and illustrated in glowing colour by Axel Scheffler, THE SCARECROWS' WEDDING is a fabulous love story. Scarecrows Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay are planning the perfect wedding, but wicked Reginald Rake has other ideas. Harry must become a hero so he and Betty can have the wedding of their dreams.
Features big, bullying tom cat, Scarface Claw, Hairy Maclary's arch-enemy. But like most bullies, Scarface turns out to be not quite as tough as he and the other animals think when he is scared by his own reflection.
One day a small scruffy bear meets six terrified white mice; they're scared of the dark forest and all the predatory creatures that live there, including an owl, a fox and a slithery snake... But never fear, Scruffy Bear has all kinds of ingenious ideas about how to keep them safe!