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Format

Hardback
32 pages

Author

Julia Donaldson
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Author's Website

www.juliadonaldson.co.uk/

Illustrated By

Axel Scheffler

Publisher

Alison Green Books an imprint of Scholastic

Suitable for Ages

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Publication date

1st September 2011

ISBN

9781407124377

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The Highway Rat

Written by: Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by: Axel Scheffler

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Julia Eccleshare's comment:

Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011

Best-selling author/ illustrator combination Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler have teamed up for another great adventure. Many of the creatures that appear in The Gruffalo feature in this rollicking adventure of a greedy Highway Rat and how he is outwitted by a very clever duck. Axel Scheffler’s animals are as full of vivid expression as usual.

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Synopsis

'Give me your buns and your biscuits! Give me your chocolate eclairs! For I am the Rat of the highway, and the Rat Thief never shares!'

Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his own horse's hay. Will he finally meet his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck? A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred Noyes poem, 'The Highwayman', from the authors of The Gruffalo and Zog.

Reviews

'Donaldson’s ear for rhyme is unequalled and Scheffler’s busy, funny illustrations make this ideal for reading aloud with lots of voices and chances to join in.' - Daily Mail

About The Author

Waterstone's Children's Laureate 2012 - 2014.

Click here to read an article from The Telegraph where Julia outlines outlines her manifesto as the new Children’s Laureate.

You can also follow the Children's Laureate's blog - click here.

Julia Donaldson is the author of over 150 books for children and her 1999 book The Gruffalo, illustrated by Axel Scheffler, is now a children's classic and publishing phenomenon, selling 3 million copies worldwide. She is also the Patron of Artlink Central, a charity which puts artists, musicians and storytellers into schools, hospitals, prisons and community spaces to work with children and adults and help them develop their talent and creativity.

Julia Donaldson was selected as the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013, and was awarded an MBE just days after the announcement. Julia lives in Glasgow with her husband, Malcolm, and their family.

Click here to read a Q & A with Julia.

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