'There was an old woman who lived in a shoe,she had so many rooms - what could she do?' Mrs Badger feels lonely in her great big shoe, so she decides to adopt a baby. But when she has so many spare rooms, why stop at just one? Martina Selway takes the familiar rhyme of the Old Lady Who Lived in a Shoe, and transforms it into a fresh and quirky counting book.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2003 by Random House Children's Publishers UK .

Martina Selway was born in Worcestershire and educated at a variety of boarding schools followed by Shrewsbury School of Art. After completing her studies she moved to London and did numerous jobs, including working for a photographer, an advertising agency as an illustrator, and for the BBC on children's television.