The Reiver Rat

Description

Translated by JAMES ROBERTSON. Illustrated by AXEL SCHEFFLER.

Gie's yer toffee and tablet,
Yer sookers, choaclits and chews!
For I am the Reiver Rat o the Road,
And I'll tal a tellin fae youse.

Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Reiver Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his own horse's hay. Will he finally meet his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck?

A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred Noyes poem, 'The Highwayman', from the authors of The Gruffalo and Zog.

Product Details

Published: 8th October 2015
Format: Paperback 268x249mm
Extent: 32 pages
ISBN: 9781845029968

Author

Julia Donaldson, the 2011-2013 Children's Laureate, is the outrageously talented, prize-winning author of the world's most-loved picture books including The Gruffalo and What the Ladybird Heard.

James Robertson is a co-founder of Itchy Coo. He writes books for both adults and children, in English and in Scots. His novel The Testament of Gideon Mack was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize in 2006 and featured on the Richard and Judy Book Club in 2007. For Itchy Coo he has translated Roald Dahl's The Fantastic Mr Fox and A.A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh into Scots.

Axel Scheffler is a German-born illustrator and animator based in London. He is best known for his cartoon-like pictures for children's books, particularly The Gruffalo and The Gruffalo's Child, written by Julia Donaldson.

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