What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas

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In What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas by Julia Donaldson, the beloved ladybird returns to the farm during the festive season. As usual, a thrilling adventure unfolds when she overhears a Christmas eve plan and ingeniously rallies her animal friends to save the day. This delightful story combines festive cheer with teamwork and creativity, perfect for young readers.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas

Join everyone's favourite crime-busting ladybird this festive season as she saves the day with another cunning plan in the fifth story in the brilliantly funny, Number One bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series.

Join everyone's favourite crime-busting ladybird this festive season as she saves the day with another cunning plan in the fifth story in the brilliantly funny, Number One bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series.

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Packed full of fun, What the Ladybird Heard at Christmas is a fantastically lively rhyming adventure from the bestselling picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks.

In a big old house, the ladybird is visiting her friend the spider for the festive season. But those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are up to no good again. They have a devious plan - to steal the children's Christmas presents from their stockings! It's a good thing that the clever little ladybird has overheard their awful plotting, and she has a cunning plan to make sure they don't get away with it.

The fifth title in the Number One bestselling series from the award-winning team of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, which has been enjoyed by over four million children worldwide.

Enjoy more adventures with the clever little ladybird in What the Ladybird Heard, What the Ladybird Heard Next, What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday and What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529087086

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 October 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Lydia Monks
  • Illustrated by Lydia Monks

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 185g

Pages: 32

About the Author

Julia Donaldson is the author of some of the world's best-loved children's books, including modern classics The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, which together have sold over 17 million copies worldwide, and the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard adventures. Julia also writes fiction, including the Princess Mirror-Belle books illustrated by Lydia Monks, as well as poems, plays and songs - and her brilliant live shows are always in demand. She was Children's Laureate 2011-13 and has been honoured with a CBE for Services to Literature. Julia and her husband Malcolm divide their time between West Sussex and Edinburgh. Lydia Monks is one of the most original and bestselling picture book artists working today. Lydia illustrates several bestselling series including the What the Ladybird Heard adventures and Princess Mirror-Belle, written by Julia Donaldson. Her distinctive use of colour and collage has won her critical acclaim and several awards, including the Royal Mail Scottish Children's Book Award, the Stockport Children's Book Award and multiple nominations for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She is also the author and illustrator of the Twit Twoo School picture books. Lydia lives in Sheffield.

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