A collection of three stories about a little girl called Willa, who moves with her family to a new home, where she meets Old Miss Annie. At first Annie is afraid of the old woman because of her woolly hair and tiny voice and bumpy, twisted hands, but soon they become the best of friends. One of the things that they have in common is a great love of animals, which is at the heart of these three country tales, featuring respectively a goat, a pony and a fox.;Berlie Doherty has won the Carnegie Medal twice, for "Granny Was a Buffer Girl" and "Dear Nobody". Her books for young people also include "Spellhorn" and "White Peak Farm".;Kim Lewis was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her first picture book, "The Shepherd Boy". She has since written and illustrated four more rural tales, "Emma's Lamb", "Floss", "First Snow", "The Last Train" and "My Friend Harry".

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Catnip Publishing Ltd .

Berlie Doherty is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter. Doherty has won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal twice. Kim Lewis is a highly respected and established picture book illustrator, best-known for Floss and Shepherd Boy published by Walker Books.