When a little girl takes off her sock on the way home, it proves very useful to carry all the unsuitable and disgusting things she collects on the way. Her mum gets more and more distressed as she shows her the contents of her treasure sock, from a fat frog to some old false teeth.

 

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .

The Unknown Adventurer is still believed to be at large in the wild.