Little Miss Contrary lives in Muddleland. Everything is the wrong way round- the worms live in the trees and the houses look very strange indeed.

When Little Miss Wise pays Little Miss Contrary a weekend visit, will she enjoy her stay?

Everyone's favourite red dog teaches the ABC's in his own playful manner.

Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his own horse's hay. Then he meets his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck. A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the Alfred Noyes poem, 'The Highwayman'.

A cased edition to celebrate 65 years of this classic board book.This gentle bedtime story, which has lulled generations of children to sleep, is the perfect first book to share at bedtime.