Shelley is the smallest duckling in her family. She's always last in line and struggling to keep up - so, when her mother and siblings flee from a hungry fox, Shelley's soon left behind. Helen and Hannah save the little duckling and take her back to Home Farm. But now Shelley has latched on to the twins and follows them everywhere. Will they ever reunite her with her missing family?

 

This is number 19 in Home Farm Twins .

There are 128 pages in this book. This book was published 2000 by Hachette Children's Group .

Jenny Oldfield was born in Yorkshire in 1949 and studied English at university. She is the successful author of many books for children and adults, and lives in the country with her two children. Sian Hardy was a children's book editor for many years before becoming Editor for the highly regarded book club, Books for Children. She has an MA in Children's Literature. Kate Aldous mainly illustrates children's books, working in black & white and watercolours. She has worked for many different publishers, including Kingfisher, Hodder & Stoughton, Oxford University Press, BBC Publications, Methuen and Walker Books.