Available Formats
Hardback
Published: 31st March 2020
Board book
Published: 12th April 2022
Paperback
Published: 9th March 2021
What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside
By (Author) Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Lydia Monks
Pan Macmillan
Macmillan Children's Books
12th April 2022
14th April 2022
United Kingdom
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Mermaids /mermen /merfolk
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Insects, spiders, minibeasts
823.92
Board book
24
Width 188mm, Height 187mm, Spine 23mm
484g
With a cast of wonderful sea creatures, including a magical mermaid, and plenty of seaside fun, What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside is a brilliant rhyming adventure from the bestselling picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. The clever little ladybird is off on a trip to the seaside, but those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are up to their wicked ways again. This time they're planning to steal the mermaid's hair and sell it to a famous star. Luckily, the crime-busting ladybird has a clever plan to stop the thieves ... The fourth title in the Number One bestselling What the Ladybird Heard series from the award-winning team of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. Enjoy other stories from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks: The Singing Mermaid, Sugarlump and the Unicorn and The Rhyming Rabbit
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 27.5 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. 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. She is also the author and illustrator of the Twit Twoo School picture books. Lydia lives in Sheffield.