The Hut that Grew

Description

When Princess Zima discovers she must move from her spacious, luxurious palace to live in the tiny gatekeeper's hut, she is devastated. Then a wise old man offers her some help - every day, the princess is told to fill the house with more and more animals. Soon she is sharing her bed with chickens and monkeys and a goat and a camel, and things aren't getting better, they're getting worse! But when they all leave, has the princess finally got what she wanted? The Hut that Grew is a retelling of an Ethiopian folk tale. Book band: Gold Ideal for ages: 5+

Annie Dalton is a prolific children's author whose successes include the Agent Angel and Angels Unlimited series for Random House and the Tilly Beany books for Egmont.

This series is fantastic for providing moral tales for early years and a good read for older pupils. * The Teacher (March 2011) * One of the strengths of the 'White Wolves' series of early readers, published in consultation with the highly esteemed Centre for Literacy in Primary Education is that it brings some little known traditional tales to life in a vivid and accessible format...an ingenious plot with a nice twist at the end. * Books for Keeps (May 2011) *