The Snake Who Came to Stay

Warm and charming Little Gem bestseller, now available with full colour illustrations. Polly has set up a pets' holiday home for the summer and with a house full of greedy guinea pigs,pesky parrots and slithering snakes, Mum is getting more fed up by the day! Especially when Doris the snake goes missing... Can Polly find Doris before the snake finds the guinea pigs?

About the author

Julia Donaldson is the internationally renowned author of the best-loved picture books in the world, including The Gruffalo, What the Ladybird Heard, Sugarlump and the Unicorn and Night Monkey, Day Monkey. Julia Donaldson's collaborations with Axel Scheffler have sold millions of copies, and Room on the Broom is now an Academy Award-nominated short film.

When Hannah Shaw was little she wanted to be good at everything. Luckily for children all over the world, she made up her mind to become an illustrator! Sometimes Hannah illustrates other people’s books, and sometimes she writes her own, like Erroll and Stan Stinky. She lives near Stroud with her family and a rescue dog called Ren.

Summary

Warm and charming Little Gem bestseller, now available with full colour illustrations. A perfectly pitched story for early readers from the former Children's Laureate and master of the market. High quality cream paper and a special easy to read font ensure a smooth read for all.

Product details

• Authors: Julia Donaldson, Donaldson Julia
• Assisted by: Hannah Shaw (Illustration), Shaw Hannah (Illustration)
• Publisher: Barrington Stoke
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 5
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.07.2016
• EAN: 9781781125748
• ISBN: 978-1-78112-574-8
• No. of pages: 96
• Dimensions: 169 mm x 128 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Little Gems; Little Gems
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > First reading age, pre-school age; JUVENILE FICTION / General, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / General, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), For reluctant or struggling readers (children / teenagers), For reluctant readers (children)