What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday

Psst! Have you heard the word about your favourite ladybird? She’s heading to the big city for a well-deserved break. She strolls in the park, visits the palace and rides on a river-boat. But naughty crooks Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are up to their tricks again. They’ve hatched a wicked plan to kidnap Monkey Joe, and force him to steal the Queen’s crown! Oh no! Will the ladybird be able to stop this terrible two – with some help from the noisy animals at the zoo?

  • A comical rhyme from the bestselling Ladybird series
  • Written by the all-time favourite author of The Gruffalo
  • Glitter on every page, plus Lydia Monks’s lovely artwork
  • Features the Queen – and lots of very noisy zoo animals!

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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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