A collection of animal stories written to appeal to the under fives. The animals in the stories include a penguin learning to swim, a crocodile with an adventurous mother, and a special birthday treat for a tortoise. The book is one of a series designed for anytime reading.

 

This is volume 1 in Stories For Under Fives .

There are 48 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 1999 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Sally Emerson is an adult novelist with a particular interest in traditional rhymes for children. Colin and Moira Maclean are the popular illustrators of over fifty books for children, particularly traditional material such as fairy tales, nursery rhymes and nursery stories. Their books for Kingfisher include The Kingfisher Playtime Treasury and The Kingisher Nursery Treasury. Moira Maclean lives in the South of France. Colin Maclean died in 1997. Joan Stimson was brought up in the Midlands and has spent the whole of her adult life in Gloucestershire.