The Highway Rat
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From the bestselling author and illustrator duo of The Gruffalo!
‘Give me your buns and your biscuits!
Give me your chocolate eclairs!
For I am the Rat of the highway,
and the Rat Thief never shares!’
Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway 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 ceators of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and ZOG, which have all been made into animated films shown on BBC1
- Zog and the Flying Doctors will show on BBC1 in December 2020.
From the Publisher
The Highway Rat
‘Give me your buns and your biscuits! Give me your chocolate éclairs! For I am the Rat of the highway, and the Rat Thief never shares!’
Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel – he even steals his own horse’s hay. Then he finally meets his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck. A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred Noyes poem, ‘The Highwayman’.
About the author
Julia Donaldson is the author of many picture books ever written and has attracted international acclaim with her original stories and irresistible rhymes. She is the Children’s Laureate and lives in Glasgow.
About the illustrator
Axel Scheffler is one of the most celebrated illustrators in the world. In his many books he has brought to life a huge variety of characters, from dragons and cats, to gruffalos. Axel lives in London.
Julia Donaldson is th author and Axel Scheffler is the children’s illustrator
Combined sales of all editions of The Highway Rat are over 500,000 copies in the UK alone
The Highway Rat is the highly anticipated film for Christmas 2017 from makers of The Gruffalo and Stick Man
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