This is the first in a series of picture books about a village inhabited by animals, by an award-winning illustrator. Welcome to the village of Sandy Edge, beside Lapping Water Lake. All sorts of animal families live there: the Rabbits, the Hedgehogs, the Jumbos and the Zebras. This story is about Daisy Rabbit who loves going to her friends' houses but always feels homesick if she stays the night. She goes to Nelly Jumbo's and Deborah Zebra's and Nipper Hedgehog's, but each time, although everyone is very nice to her, she ends up feeling sad. But her mum has an idea. Why doesn't Daisy sleep in the tree house with her friends? So she does - and she doesn't feel homesick a bit! Penny Dale has illustrated "The Stopwatch", "Once There Were Giants", "Rosie's Babies" (shortlisted for The Kate Greenaway Medal and winner of the Best book for Babies) and "The Mushroom Hunt", and her own stories "Bet You Can't!", "Ten in the Bed", "Ten Out of Bed", "The Elephant Tree", "All About Alice", "Play With Alice and Laura" and "Wake Up, Mr B!" (commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal).

 

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 1997 by Walker Books Ltd .

Penny Dale studied fine art and design at Exeter College of Art, and has since worked on community art projects, street theatre props and as a graphic designer. She won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1990 for Rosie's Babies written by Martin Waddell. She lives in Newport, Wales.