In this story an opera is performed by animals, in a toy theatre in a woodland setting. Panic is caused when the star of the show loses her voice just before the show begins. This book has been designed to introduce opera to children and contains a list of operas that they might enjoy. The author/artist's first book was "Katie's Picture Show".

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

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 1994 by Hachette Children's Group .

James Mayhew is an award-winning author and illustrator of children's books.