With gentle humour and insight Petra Mathers shows how easy it can be to make a mistake and often how hard it can be to say that you're sorry. Dressed as Santa and humming a tune, Herbie is all ready for Christmas as he and his friend Lottie head off to buy their christmas tree. But when Herbie sees all the little Santa biscuits that look just like him in AliBaba's bakery, Herbie simply can't resist...Mmmm - look at all that lovely icing - just one tiny lick - but one thing leads to another and before he knows it the whole biscuit is in Herbie's stomach! As Herbie and Lottie walk home with the tree, Herbie is sure that everyone knows that he stole the biscuit. Herbie feels terrible. What will Lottie think? Will she still want to be his friend? Herbie is so worried that he can't eat or sleep until he goes and apologises.

 

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 2002 by Simon & Schuster .

Petra Mathers is a hugely talented, award-winning writer and illustrator. This is the second book in her beautiful series about Lottie, the hen. Petra lives in the U. S. A.