Ferdie's very worried. He's just been down to the meadow - and there's snow on the way! He rushes to tell all the animals waking up for spring that they'd better go back to sleep again - until they discover that the 'snow' is actually blossom and the spring has come, after all.

 

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 2010 by Gullane Children's Books .

Julia Rawlinson lives in Kenilworth, West Midlands, with her husband Neil and sons Ben and Tom. She has published poems in a number of anthologies. Jane Massey lives in Hove. She has also illustrated Night-Night, Poppy! and It's Mine! for Little Tiger Press. Tiphanie Beeke is rapidly establishing a reputation as one of Britain's top young illustrators. She has published a number of successful picture books, including for Macmillan THE NOISY WAY TO BED by Ian Whybrow (0 333 98673 3). Tiphanie is particularly known for her beautifully atmospheric watercolour artwork and for her distinctive, appealing animal characters.