Farmers Big and Bluster are bickering over who has the biggest and best cornfield. Meanwhile, Farmer Smarts is quietly confident that his is the best, but he's not saying anything! One day all three farmers find Mice all over the fields! So they decide to take control of the situation by building mousetraps. Farmers Big and Bluster, in their extravagant, bombastic way, both go to town trying to outdo each other by building huge machines to trap the mice. The mice carry on munching regardless! Meanwhile, Farmer Smarts has got himself a Fat Cat who is the most successful mousetrap of all!

 

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 2006 by HarperCollins Publishers .

Giles Andreae and Russel Ayto are a dream picture book team, with multiple awards between them including the Federation of Children's Book Award, the Gold Award for the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. James Sage is the author of many books for children, including The Little Band, To Sleep, and Sassy Gracie. He lives in the United Kingdom. Russell Ayto has illustrated several books for children including You'll Grow Soon, Alex by Andrea Shavick.