A farmyard tale for young children by the author of "Can't You Sleep, Little Bear?" which won the 1989 Smarties Book Prize and the Kate Greenaway Medal. The big bad mole is coming! The boy spreads the word and it passes round the farmyard. At first the animals are not impressed by this news, but in time they take it seriously and start to panic. So much so, in fact, that when the big bad mole does finally come, all the animals have their eyes tight shut and none of them actually sees him! Martin Waddell, who also writes under the pseudonym Catherine Sefton, has also written "Let's Go Home, Little Bear", "The Park in the Dark"(winner of the 1989 Kurt Maschler Award), "Rosie's Babies" (winner of the 1990 Best Books for Babies Award), "Farmer Duck"(winner of the 1991 Smarties Book Prize", "The Hidden House", "Sailor Bear", "Owl Babies", "Sam Vole and his Brothers" and other titles. John Bendall-Brunello has illustrated "Easy Peasy", "When I Grow Bigger" and his own story "The Seven and One Half Labors of Hercules". He has also contributed to "Radio Times" and "Private Eye".

 

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 1995 by Walker Books Ltd .

John Bendall-Brunello has writtten and illustrated children's books for over 15 years, for Walker, Scholastic, and Orchard. He lives with his wife in Cambridge. Martin Waddell is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest living writers of books for children. He has won many awards for his work, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2004.