She spots Mrs Elephant hanging out her washing and shouts out, "What big pants!" and sees Mr Tiger having lunch with a friend and yells, "You're being greedy!" In short, she annoys all the animals in town with her nosiness, until she spots a thief in Mr Tiger's shop and gets him arrested. Then everyone has to agree that "It's good to be nosy - sometimes!" This is a picture book with a surprise on every page turn and lots of things to count and find on the way. The sheer exuberance of Rosy herself will appeal to a pre-school readership and the story will bear reading and re-reading because of the amount of detail crammed into such a simple storyline.

 

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 2001 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Peter Curry has illustrated a number of picture books and is well-loved for his humorous, simple images. He lives in a village in Suffolk with his wife.