Winner of the Scottish Book Award 2010 (0-7 years category).
Best-selling author and illustrator Julia Donaldson and 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.
Celebrate fifteen years of farmyard fun with this special anniversary edition of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks' bestselling picture book What the Ladybird Heard, with a shiny blue foil cover.And the ladybird said never a word.But the ladybird saw,And the ladybird heard . . .When the ladybird overhears Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len planning to steal the farmer's fine prize cow, it's up to her - the smallest, quietest creature on the farm - to stop the thieves . . . This rhyming farmyard adventure features two bungling robbers, one clever little ladybird - and lots of animal noises!Join in the fun with the What the Ladybird Heard 15th Anniversary Edition. With bright, distinctive artwork this special edition of the family-favourite story with a shiny foiled cover features bonus material, including a letter from author Julia Donaldson and pictures from the illustrator Lydia Monks' sketchbook.
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Celebrate fifteen years of farmyard fun with this special anniversary edition of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks' bestselling picture book What the Ladybird Heard, with a shiny blue foil cover.And the ladybird said never a word.But the ladybird saw,And the ladybird heard . . .When the ladybird overhears Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len planning to steal the farmer's fine prize cow, it's up to her - the smallest, quietest creature on the farm - to stop the thieves . . . This rhyming farmyard adventure features two bungling robbers, one clever little ladybird - and lots of animal noises!Join in the fun with the What the Ladybird Heard 15th Anniversary Edition.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed What the Ladybird Heard and determined it is suitable for children aged 0-6 years old
What the Ladybird Heard features in the following genres: Books for Babies and Toddlers, Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Adventure Stories, Animal Stories, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational
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What the Ladybird Heard was written by Julia Donaldson and published by Macmillan Children's Books an imprint of Pan Macmillan
What the Ladybird Heard has 32 pages
