Lena is the clumsiest of the children - she can't climb trees, and is always falling over her own feet. But then Joseph the odd-job man shows her how to make pictures with string, hear the sea in a shell, and be a dancing princess.

 

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 Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Niki Daly grew up in Cape Town and later returned there with his wife and sons after living in London for ten years.