Meet Farmer Shrive and the comical creatures on his land, including crotchety cows, a hopeless hen, a greedy pig, a perfect pony and a multitude of mice. You can read about Alice the puppy's amazing skills, Pudgy the prize pig's insatiable appetite, an inexplicable invasion by honking and hissing geese, how the sheep cope with baaathtime, and many more adventures. Cathie Shuttleworth's stunning illustrations bring this cast of curious characters to life. These tales are the perfect length for bedtime reading, with accessible language and amusing pictures that will keep small children entertained as you read together. It lets you hunt the hidden eggs on every page! On Oak Tree Farm, ducks are quacking, horses are neighing, sheep are bleating, cats are meowing...In fact, everyone is making noise, but what exactly are they all saying? These farmyard tales will let you in on the secret. You will meet lazy ducks and busy hens, daring dogs and shabby sheep, and more mice and bunnies than you might expect in a well-run barnyard.
You also need to keep your eyes open - as you read the stories, see if you can spot Henrietta Hen's eggs on every page and solve the mystery of what happens to them.
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Nicola Baxter has written or compiled over three hundred children's titles. Cathie Shuttleworth was trained in calligraphy and heraldry, but her real love is illustration for children's books.
More about Nicola BaxterNicola Baxter has written or compiled over three hundred children's titles. She has developed ideas for a wide variety of international publishers, and particularly enjoys the marriage of words and pictures that children's books entails. Cathie Shuttleworth was trained in calligraphy, heraldry and illumination, but her real love is illustration for children'
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