Meet Piers Penguin, Kit Koala, Leo Lion, Zoe Zebra, George Giraffe, Ellie Elephant, Roddy Rhino and Tabby Tiger in these first eight books in the 'Top of the Class' series.

With one book based on each character, children will love reading about the goings-on in Miss Roo's school class from many different points of view. Each member of the class has their own personality and social issues, but most of all they love to have fun!

'Top of the Class' encourages parents and children to spend time reading together for fun, to build reading skills and to talk about social issues such as confidence, bullying, imagination, friendship and more.

Roddy is a bit of a bully. There is no end to the pranks that he plays. Find out what happens when his friends try to teach him a lesson. Will he change his ways?

This book is part of a book series called Top Of the Class .

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 2005 by Pavilion Books .

Zuza Vrbova has written numerous books for young children over the past 15 years. She lectures on the MA course in childrens book illustration at APU Cambridge School of Art. Her main area of research is child psychology and culture in the context of childrens book illustration. Tom Morgan-Jones has illustrated numerous children's books in recent years. He graduated from APU Cambridge School of Art in 1997. He has been Artist in Residence at Hills Road Sixth Form College Cambridge. He was awarded a D & AD Yellow Pencil Award for Illustration in 1997 and a Bronze Medal from the Association of Illustrators in 2003. He is a lecturer in Graphic Design and tutor to the Cambridge University Illustration and Cartooning Society.