Money-Go-Round

Description

A witty and mischievous tale inspired by The Wind in the Willows, from renowned poet Roger McGough. Mr Toad has a shiny gold coin. He gives it to Miss Mole to pay for a room in her hotel. Now Miss Mole can pay Sam Stoat for painting the hotel, and Sam Stoat can pay back Mr Badger ... until the coin might just end up back where it started! From renowned poet Roger McGough and Kate Greenaway Medal winner Mini Grey, this is an inspired and witty tale featuring beloved characters from The Wind in the Willows.

Roger McGough is a renowned and award-winning poet, playwright, broadcaster and children's author. One of the leading members of the influential Liverpool poets that came to prominence in the 1960s, he has been appointed a CBE, honorary fellow of Liverpool John Moores University and President of the Poetry Society. He lives in London. Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a Mini in a car park in Wales. She is the author and illustrator of a number of books for children, and has won the Kate Greenaway Medal, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and the Nestle Smarties Book Prize. She studied at Brighton College of Art and now lives in Oxford.

Wordy, witty picturebook, enriched with busy and playful illustrations. * The Sunday Times * If capitalism were this benign, we wouldn't need the charm of the poet and the witty reassurance of one of Britain's most beloved illustrators. But we do. * New Statesman * The text and illustrations work very well in partnership ... This is a picture book which will repay frequent rereading's, with new details to be spotted in the illustrations each time, and is a beginners' guide to the mysteries of economics. * The School Librarian *