Polly and Jack's parents can't afford to run their antique shop any more and cranky Mr Fowler decides he's going to convert it into a restaurant. The children are very upset over parting with the angry buffalo and the sad bear, but they are saved at the last moment in the most unusual way.

 

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 1996 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Posy Simmonds is the author of several books for adults and children, including Lulu and the Flying Babies and Fred. Her weekly cartoon strip ran in "The Guardian" from 1977 to 1987. She lives in England.