What the Ladybug Heard

About this book

Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan: theyll sneak past all the animals and steal the farmers fine prize cow. But they forget all about the tiniest quietest creature on the farmthe ladybug. She has a plan of her own. Julia Donaldson turns her literary expertise to a farm setting and comes up with a rollicking barnyard mystery. Lydia Monks colorful collage illustrations go perfectly with the story for a winning combination. Readers will quack neigh moo and cheer for the ladybug all the way through! What the Ladybug Heard is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Childrens Book of the Year.