Nigel doesn't like numbers. But then he gets a magic watch for his birthday and all the numbers in the world suddenly disappear! There is no number on Nigel's house to help the postman deliver his birthday cards and there are no numbers to count score at football or to measure his new shoes. Perhaps numbers are useful after all...

 

This book is part of a book series called Share a Story .

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 2000 by Dorling Kindersley Ltd .

Lucy Coats read Ancient History at Edinburgh University, then worked in children's publishing. She now writes full-time from her home in Northamptonshire, and is working on a collection of Celtic tales for Orion.