The Highway Rat with FREE The Highway Rat Mini Activity Book

The original riotous rhyme, now with FREE bonus activities. It’s a steal! The Highway Rat is a reckless rodent with a bad habit of pinching treats. He’ll grab your chocolate éclairs and your buns and your sweets. Plus, he might just steal your heart! But now this naughty hero has turned over a new leaf, and he wants to share some extra-special treats with YOU. Read his classic rhyme – then have fun with spotting games, activities, puzzles and colouring. Heaps of lovely loot!

  • A Julia and Axel rhyme with a FREE activity book
  • A firm favourite screened on Christmas TV in 2017
  • Written by the best-loved creators of The Gruffalo
  • Kids adore the wild antics of this classic character

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  • Photo of Julia Donaldson

    Julia Donaldson

    Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best loved authors, known for brilliant picture books like The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.

    Awards

    Julia has won many major book prizes, including the Smarties and Blue Peter Awards for The Gruffalo, the Blue Peter and Sheffield Children’s Book Prizes for Room on the Broom, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child and the Red House Award for Super Worm. Julia was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.

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    Axel Scheffler

    Axel is the illustrator of The Gruffalo and many other favourite picture books.

    Awards

    Axel has won many of the major book prizes, including the Smarties and Bluue Peter Awards for The Gruffalo, the Blue Peter and Sheffield Children’s Book Prizes for Room on the Broom, the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for The Gruffalo’s Child and the Red House Award for Super Worm.

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