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The Highway Rat

by Julia Donaldson · 2011 · 32 pages

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Quick! Hide all your goodies! The Highway Rat's coming, and he's going to steal your snacks...

He takes clover from a rabbit, nuts from a squirrel — he even steals his own horse's hay! Can no one stop him?

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The creators of Stick Manand A Gold Star for Zogstand and deliver this fabulous new story of a wickedly loveable villain who gets his just deserts.

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Genre
adventurehumorfantasyfairy tale
Themes
animalsbullyingfood
Audience
picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages
Form
poetryrhyming

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