When Mr Flatbrain flattens their mountain to make way for a plastic mountain theme park, the O'Saurus family is not defeated. With the help of their animal friends and two or three thousand ants they rebuild Thunder Mountain and prepare for visitors. Which mountain will draw the crowds?

 

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 40 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 1999 by Faber & Faber .

QUENTIN BLAKE is Britain's leading illustrator, and was chosen as the first Children's Laureate. Russell Hoban was born in Pennsylvania in 1925. He went to art school before serving in World War II and was a freelance illustrator eight years before taking up full-time writing. His many works of fiction and poetry for both adults and children have won him many awards. The Mouse and his Child has been hailed as one of the great children's classics of the twentieth century.