The second in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger listeners by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters, and read by Nneka Okoye.Jasmine's dad is a farmer, and her mum is a large-animal vet, so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals and keeping them out of trouble. Unfortunately, this often means she gets into hot water herself...When a nesting duck is killed in a terrible accident, Jasmine and her best friend Tom rescue the eggs and try to hatch them in an incubator. It's a risky business but soon Button is running around, getting into scrapes. Until the day he gets into a scrape with no escape...Brilliant storytelling that will make you laugh and cry, this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation. Perfect for readers aged seven and up.Check out Jasmine's other adventures: A Piglet Called Truffle, A Duckling Called Button, A Sheepdog Called Sky and many more!
Illustration copyright: Ellie Snowdon, 2017
This is Book 2 in the The Jasmine Green Series Series. See all The Jasmine Green Series books here.
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Helen Peters Biography
Helen Peters grew up on an old-fashioned farm in Sussex, surrounded by family, animals and mud. She spent most of her childhood reading stories and putting on plays in a tumbledown shed that she and her friends turned into a theatre. After university, she became an English and Drama teacher. Her first book, [i]The Secret Hen Ho
Ellie Snowdon Biography
Ellie Snowdon is a fabulous new talent in picture books whose work has a timeless feel with a contemporary spirit. Ellie grew up in South Wales surrounded by books, Welsh cakes and heaps of encouragement from her mum to read and draw stories. After graduating from the Children's Book Illustration MA in Cambridge, Ellie
