Lydia Monks

A cat that imagines life would be better as a dog recognizes, after some thought, the many advantages of being a feline.

A prince tries to get Rapunzel to throw down her hair so he can rescue her, but she mishears him and throws down random objects from her room instead.

When Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len return to the farm hoping to steal the fat red hen, the little spotty ladybug enlists the other animals to stop them.

The ladybug goes to town and visits a zoo, where she overhears Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len plotting to take a monkey and use him to rob the queen.

"Look through the shaped holes and try and guess what's hiding on the other side. Is it a robot? Some cherry drops? Or even a magician's hat? What on earth can it be?"

Feeling that something is wrong with her life, a successful, but dissatisfied pig discovers happiness with other pigs in the country.

Lovely, funny, young magical princess stories by a hugely successful writer. "Ellen gets a big shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror. But Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference. She's a princess on a mission: to cause as much trouble as possible! Three short stories for more confident readers from the creators of What the Ladybird." --Back cover.

Ellen gets a big shock when her double appears out of the bathroom mirror. But Mirror-Belle is a double with a difference. She is a princess, and a very mischievous one at that. In these stories, Mirror Belle muscles in on Ellen's seaside holiday and in the second story, Prince Precious Paws returns. You can always guarantee that wherever Mirror-Belle goes, trouble will follow.

Once upon a farm lived a ladybird, And these are the things that she saw and heard Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are out of jail, and they're heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble. They've been stealing eggs from the fat red hen, but now they're setting their sights higher and are planning to steal the fat red hen herself! Fortunately the quiet, clever ladybird is on their trail, and she and her farm animal...