When Princess Zima discovers she must move from her spacious, luxurious palace to live in the tiny gatekeeper's hut, she is devastated. Then a wise old man offers her some help - every day, the princess is told to fill the house with more and more animals. Soon she is sharing her bed with chickens and monkeys and a goat and a camel, and things aren't getting better, they're getting worse! But when they all leave, has the princess finally got what she wanted? The Hut that Grew is a retelling of an Ethiopian folk tale. Book band: Gold Ideal for ages: 5+

 

This book is part of a book series called White Wolves-World Folk Tales .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme is not levelled.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Annie Dalton is a prolific children's author whose successes include the Agent Angel and Angels Unlimited series for Random House and the Tilly Beany books for Egmont.