“The Animals’ Picnic” and “The Animals’ Boat Trip” in one volume. A colourful picture book of rhyming stories about ten animals who all happen to be friends. They go on a picnic and Mouse falls into a hole, Tortoise meets an extremely greedy boar, they build a boat and go on an eventful boat trip, Hare gets frightened when he sees that his fur has turned white, they all go visiting each other to find the best place to play, Monkey gets lost, Beaver wants to fly, Mouse gets caught in a flood and discovers that he can be brave when it matters, even though he is so small, and in the last story Duck feels very ill and all the others do their best to make her better. The stories are all told in rhyme which is fun to read aloud, ideal for bedtime or any other time, there are colourful pictures on each page.