The Puffin Book of Five-Minute Animal Stories is an awesome collection of short, sharp tales that effortlessly mixes timeless classics with modern favourites, each with an animal theme. From disobedient hedgehogs, tiny elephants and tortoises who want to fly, the stories are written by a fine collection of great authors ranging from Dick King Smith and Adele Geras to Terry Jones and Shoo Rayner. Guaranteed to enthral children with even the shortest of attention spans, The Puffin Book of Five Minute Stories , with quirky and endearing colour illustrations by Steve Cox, is a great book to share or read alone. (Ages 5 to7) -- Susan Harrison

 

There are 128 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Steve Cox has been illustrating for many years and brings wonderful comic touches and superb draughtsmanship to his many books. He has recently collaborated with Nick Denchfield on POP-UP SPOOKY CASTLE (0 333 96133 1).