Can three best friends find room for a fourth member of their crew?
Otters Elsie, Clive, and Harry are best friends. They do everything together, including morning stretches and pretending to be logs - their favourite game. It’s just that Harry is not very good at keeping still and . . . who is that grey stranger further down the riverbank? He sets off to find out.
Ray the Heron is all alone and wonders why the otters never ask him to join in their games. It’s lonely sometimes being a heron - being left out is the worst feeling in the world. And then he meets Harry . . . Elsie and Clive are not happy with Ray and Harry’s brand-new friendship— after all, Harry is their friend.
But maybe there’s more to be gained from including others than leaving them out.
A positive message for young readers about not excluding others from friendship groups, with humorous text and wonderful characterization, the book’s theme is delivered with a light touch and lots of laughs. Merle Goll’s illustrations bring extra humour and appeal to lovable, though flawed, characters.
Harry and the Heron is perfect for fans of Wendy Meddour's other bestselling titles including Peggy the Always Sorry Pigeon.
| ISBN: | 9781382057677 |
| Publication date: | 4th September 2025 |
| Author: | Wendy Meddour |
| Illustrator: | Merle Goll |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press an imprint of OUP OXFORD |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 32 pages |
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