What the Ladybird Heard
- Author Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Lydia Monks
- Narrator Alexander Armstrong
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date 31 October 2019
- Run Time 18 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Stories in verse, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Insects, spiders, minibeasts, Picture storybooks.
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What to expect
A brilliantly funny farmyard adventure, perfect for listening to at home, in the car, at bedtime – or any time at all!
The ladybird said never a word.
But the ladybird saw,
And the ladybird heard . . .
Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len are two crafty robbers with a cunning plan to steal the farmer’s fine prize cow. But little do they know that the tiniest, quietest creature of all has overhead their plot, and she has a plan of her own . . .
What the Ladybird Heard is a fantastically funny story from the stellar partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. With brilliant rhyming verse read by Alexander Armstrong, this much-loved modern classic is perfect story for listening to together. This audio edition of the story features a read-along track and a song for lots of farmyard fun.
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