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: Book and CD Pack
By (Author) Julia Donaldson
Illustrated by Lydia Monks
Pan Macmillan
Macmillan Children's Books
29th June 2021
18th March 2021
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
Contains 1 Paperback / softback and 1 CD-Audio
32
Width 250mm, Height 251mm, Spine 6mm
244g
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 stellar 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 also back and they're up to their wicked ways again. This time they're planning to steal the mermaid's long, luscious hair and sell it to a famous star . . . luckily, the crime-busting ladybird has another cunning plan to stop the thieves! This paperback and CD edition with features a fabulous reading of the story.
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. 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.