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Format: Paperback / softback
Reading Age: From 03 to 07 years
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Scholastic
Classification: Interest age: from c 3 years
Description: ? Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book, The Highway Rat, is now available in a read-alone full-colour novel format.? Teach your child to read with their favourite Julia Donaldson! 'Give me your buns and your biscuits! Give me your chocolate ?clairs! For I am the Rat of the highway, and the Rat Thief never shares!' Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his own horse's hay. Then he meets his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck. A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the Alfred Noyes poem, 'The Highwayman'. This Early Reader edition contains the complete classic story and pictures a pocket-book format with an extra-clear font and layout to support children who are gaining confidence in reading The Highway Rat premiered as an animation on BBC Christmas 2017 The animated film of Tabby McTat stars voice artists including Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who) as the narrator, Rob Brydon (Gavin and Stacey) as Fred, Sope Dirisu (Gangs of London) as Tabby McTat, alongside Cariad Lloyd, Joanna Scanlan and Susan Wokoma. Look out for Jonty Gentoo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler in 2024. ?
The Highway Rat Early Reader
£4.99
Product Details
Reading Age: From 03 to 07 years
Author: Axel Scheffler
Publisher: Scholastic
Classification: Interest age: from c 3 years
Description: ? Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book, The Highway Rat, is now available in a read-alone full-colour novel format.? Teach your child to read with their favourite Julia Donaldson! 'Give me your buns and your biscuits! Give me your chocolate ?clairs! For I am the Rat of the highway, and the Rat Thief never shares!' Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his own horse's hay. Then he meets his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck. A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the Alfred Noyes poem, 'The Highwayman'. This Early Reader edition contains the complete classic story and pictures a pocket-book format with an extra-clear font and layout to support children who are gaining confidence in reading The Highway Rat premiered as an animation on BBC Christmas 2017 The animated film of Tabby McTat stars voice artists including Jodie Whittaker (Doctor Who) as the narrator, Rob Brydon (Gavin and Stacey) as Fred, Sope Dirisu (Gangs of London) as Tabby McTat, alongside Cariad Lloyd, Joanna Scanlan and Susan Wokoma. Look out for Jonty Gentoo by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler in 2024. ?
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