A full colour Early Reader story about a little girl and her hippo friend, Mercy, from BLUE PETER BOOK AWARD-winning author, Lauren St John.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books perfect for building confidence in new readers and reluctant readers. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey.

This book is part of a book series called Early Reader .

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 2017 by Hachette Children's Group .

Author: Ali Ritchie. Biography details to follow. Illustrator: Nila Aye was born in Rangoon. She studied Graphic Design at Central St. Martin's, graduating in 1995. Since graduating, Nila has worked for numerous clients in various different fields from greetings cards, stationery and advertising to book publishing. Her clients include Paperchase, BBC, British Vogue, Tatler, Telegraph Magazine, Marks and Spencer, Harrods, Time Out and of course Random House Children's Books. Nila also has a weekly column in You magazine. Lauren St John is one of the lead voices of Authors4 Oceans, a collective of 50 writers calling to ban the use of plastics in the book industry.