About the Author

Jim Field is a lead-driven, pencil-pushing, 25-frames-per-second Led Zeppelin fan. He is also a hugely talented illustrator and animation director. His first picture book Cats Ahoy! won the Booktrust Roald Dahl Funny Prize and was nominated for the Kate Greenaway award. He has since illustrated a string of bestselling, multi-award-winning children's books, including Oi Frog! and The Lion Inside, as well as young fiction series Rabbit and Bear. Jim is the 5th bestselling illustrator in the UK.

Reviews

a jolly travelogue and French language lesson...a sweet and accessible story with enticing pictures -- Alex O'Connell * The Times, Children's Book of the Week *
rich in comic incident... [and] rewarding to pore over -- Nicolette Jones * The Sunday Times, Children's Book of the Week *