What the Ladybird Heard Book and Toy Gift Set by Julia Donaldson

What the Ladybird Heard Book and Toy Gift Set by Julia Donaldson

By Julia Donaldson (author) , Lydia Monks (illustrator)

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A special gift set that includes a gorgeously glittery book to read and a ladybird soft toy - perfect to cuddle whilst reading!

Bestselling author Julia Donaldson and illustrator Lydia Monks have teamed up for another brilliant picture book. Right in the farmyard among all the noisy animals with their MOOs! and QUACKS! and BAAs! and OINKs! lives a tiny silent ladybird. This beautiful glittery creature (little fingers will love to feel her sparkly shape) is so quiet that she hears two crafty robbers plotting to raid the farmyard.

And she comes up with a very clever plan to stop them, helped by the very noisy animals all around her. A wonderful adventure with gorgeous stylised illustrations.

With brilliant rhyming verse, bright distinctive illustrations and a glittery ladybird plush toy, What the Ladybird Heard Book and Toy Gift Set is the perfect gift for Christmas!

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With brilliant rhyming verse, bright distinctive illustrations and a glittery ladybird plush toy, What the Ladybird Heard Book and Toy Gift Se t is the perfect gift for Christmas!

The ladybird said never a word. But the ladybird saw, And the ladybird heard . . . Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer's fine prize cow. But little do they know that the tiniest, quietest creature of all has overhead their plot, and she has a plan of her own . . .

Enjoy this fantastically funny story from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks with this fabulous book and toy gift set.

Included is a mini gift hardback edition of the bestselling classic picture book, What the Ladybird Heard , with a gorgeously glittery cover and a ladybird soft toy - perfect to cuddle whilst reading!

A terrific and witty adventure - Guardian

Bursting with colour and verve - Daily Telegraph

What the Ladybird Heard by Julia Donaldson has all her characteristic sense of fun and performance . . . every picture book by her is a treat. - Times

Great 'cops and robbers' appeal . . . perfect for children motivated by the seemingly endless ways in which one might trap the 'baddies'. - Teach Primary

Julia Donaldson has written some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child , which together have sold over 25 million copies worldwide and have been translated into over one hundred languages.

Her other books include Room on the Broom, Stick Man and Zog, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, The Hospital Dog, illustrated by Sara Ogilvie and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures, illustrated by Lydia Monks.

Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle series, illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs – and her brilliant live shows are always in demand.

She was the UK Children’s Laureate 2011–13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature.

Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between West Sussex and Edinburgh.

Click here to read a Q & A with Julia.

Author photo © Steve Ullathorne

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With brilliant rhyming verse, bright distinctive illustrations and a glittery ladybird plush toy, What the Ladybird Heard Book and Toy Gift Set is the perfect gift for Christmas! The ladybird said never a word.

The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed What the Ladybird Heard Book and Toy Gift Set and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-4 years old

What the Ladybird Heard Book and Toy Gift Set features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Funny, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Animal Stories, Books for Babies and Toddlers

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What the Ladybird Heard Book and Toy Gift Set was written by Julia Donaldson and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan

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