What the Ladybird Heard Next

Julia’s clever ladybird has a new board book! Glittery bits, rhymes and – shhh! What’s that? Listen up, little ones! Here’s a fabulous new rhyme from the world-famous creators of What the Ladybird Heard. Which just happens to be The Gruffalo author Julia Donaldson, plus wonderful artist Lydia Monks. Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail. Now they’re heading back to the farm to cause more trouble! They’ve been stealing eggs from the fat red hen – and now they want to steal the hen too! Can the ladybird stop them? Psst! What can you hear?

  • Sequel to the bestselling What the Ladybird Heard
  • Sturdy board edition with a beautiful glittery cover
  • Bouncy rhyming text by the author of The Gruffalo
  • Spot a sparkly ladybird on every colourful page!

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    Julia Donaldson

    Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best loved authors, known for brilliant picture books like The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.

    Awards

    Julia has won many major book prizes, including the Smarties and Blue Peter Awards for The Gruffalo, the Blue Peter and Sheffield Children’s Book Prizes for Room on the Broom, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child and the Red House Award for Super Worm. Julia was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.

  • Awards

    Lydia Monks won the Nestle Smarties prize in 1999 for I Wish I Were a Dog, and the 2010 Royal Mail Award for What the Ladybird Heard, with Julia Donaldson.

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