Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler's bestselling picture book THE HIGHWAY RAT is now available in an appealing read-alone format ' Give me your buns & your biscuits! Give me your chocolate clairs! For I am the Rat of the highway & the Rat Thief never shares!' 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' This Early Reader edition contains the complete classic story & pictures in a pocket-book format & with an extra-clear font & layout to support children who are gaining confidence in reading