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Informationen zum Autor Before Jane could walk she was painting and drawing. She cried after her first day at school because they hadn't taught her to read and write in one day. From then on she hasn't stopped. Jane moved with her family and many animals around the world! living in houses! flats and camper vans moving from school to home education and back to school. Jane has continued to travel! write! draw and paint! always with animals! living in squats! tents! vans and boats. As a mature student she studied a BA in illustration at Anglia Ruskin University! Cambridge and won the highest awards given in the Macmillan Children's Book Prize for both her final two years. Jane shot to fame with the success of her DAISY picture books! all about an irresistible little duck with big feet. More success followed with EBB AND FLO! whose characters were brought to life on television. Jane! her husband! and her menagerie of rescued animals travelled to and around the Mediterranean on her ex-fishing boat home and her adventures have provided the inspiration for many of her books. Most recently Jane has turned her hand to fiction! with the exciting adventures of BERYL GOES WILD and SHIP'S CAT DORIS. Jane is currently living in France with her boat not far away. Daisy, the little duck with the big feet, and her brother, Pip, return in a third adventure, Daisy and the Beastie. Daisy and Pip set out to find the fabled 'Farmyard Beastie' from Grandpa's story and meet lots of animals along the way... but what happens when they really do find the Beastie! Zusammenfassung Daisy! the little duck with the big feet! and her brother! Pip! go in search of the Beastie! When Grandpa tells Daisy and Pip all about the mysterious Farmyard Beastie! they decide to go in search of it. But the Beastie isn't with the chickens...it isn't with the geese...it isn't in the bar...but what is that strange noise coming from the shed? Might they have found the Beastie?! Another beautifully illustrated and fun Daisy story from the talented Jane Simmons. ...
