The inspiring tale of conservation told through the life of a tree called Adoette, and all the things she saw in her 100 years on Earth, from award-winning and bestselling author-illustrator Lydia Monks. Adoette lived to be 100 years old. Just imagine all the things she saw! She lived on the same street all her life, but one day, people decided it would be best if she would go... Lydia Monks beautifully tells the tale of the life of one tree, from a young sapling to a mighty oak, becoming the beating heart of the community she lived in, right up until the day they cut her down. But there's hope, when one little girl takes one of her acorns to plant in the community garden.
Lydia Monks Book order






- 2022
- 2021
Who's at the Zoo?
- 10 pages
- 1 hour of reading
"The elephant is fast asleep and the tiger is playing with her cubs, but where are those cunning thieves, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len? Based on Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks' bestselling picture book, What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday, children will love lifting the large flaps in this bright, colourful board book to find all their favourite characters."--Publisher
- 2019
Rabbit Races Ahead!
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Join Rabbit and all her animal friends for a fun-filled day of competition and kindness in this sweet and funny story, the third book in the Twit Twoo School series.
- 2018
Frog Hops Off!
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Join Frog and all his friends as they become explorers in this charming adventure story, the second book in the Twit Twoo School series, following Mouse's Big Day.
- 2018
The Girl, The Bear and the Magic Shoes
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
A glittering magical adventure about a girl, a bear and some very special shoes from the bestselling creators of What the Ladybird Heard and Sugarlump and the Unicorn . When Josephine leaves the shoe shop after buying some new running shoes, she hears an unusual sound – Click-click! Click-click! It's a bear with a backpack! Luckily for Josephine, her new shoes are anything but ordinary – these are magic shoes. But can they help her escape the bear when there's a mountain, a bog and even a lake in her way? The Girl, the Bear and the Magic Shoes is an exciting adventure from the stellar picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, creators of What the Ladybird Heard . Full of action and imagination, and with a delightfully unexpected ending, this gorgeously glittery book is one to enjoy over and over again. Enjoy all the stories from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Sharing a Shell, The Princess and the Wizard, The Rhyming Rabbit, The Singing Mermaid, Sugarlump and the Unicorn, Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox, What the Ladybird Heard, What the Ladybird Heard Next and What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday .
- 2018
What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
Join everyone's favourite crime-busting ladybird on holiday and come face to face with some familiar thieves in the third story in the fantastic What the Ladybird Heard series! Now available in paperback, with a fresh, redesigned cover and glitter on every page.One fine day, in the middle of May,The ladybird went on holiday.Those two bad men, Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh, are back! They may be in the city instead of the farm, but they haven't changed their thieving ways. In fact, they're even more ambitious. They're planning to steal a monkey from the zoo and use it to pinch the Queen's crown. It's a pity for them that a certain crime-busting ladybird is holidaying in the very same city... and she's got a good idea that will ensure the dastardly pair won't get away with it!With a whole host of noisy zoo animals to meet and even a cameo from the Queen, What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday, from stellar picture book partnership Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, is a sure-fire hit.Enjoy all the stories from Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, now with beautiful, redesigned covers: Sharing a Shell, The Princess and the Wizard, The Rhyming Rabbit, The Singing Mermaid, Sugarlump and the Unicorn, Princess Mirror-Belle and the Dragon Pox, What the Ladybird Heard, and What the Ladybird Heard Next.
- 2018
The Singing Mermaid Did you ever go to Silversands on a sunny summer's day? Then perhaps you saw the mermaid who sang in the deep blue bay. Full description
- 2017
Mouse's Big Day
- 32 pages
- 2 hours of reading
It's Mouse's first day at school in the first book in the fun animal series, Twit Twoo School, by the illustrator behind What the Ladybird Heard.
- 2017
A glittery adventure from the creators of What the Ladybird Heard When Sugarlump the rocking horse wishes to see the world, a magical unicorn with a silver horn and sparkling blue eyes turns him into a real horse. But after trotting around the farm, galloping around a racetrack and even dancing at the circus, Sugarlump learns to be careful what he wishes for and realises how much he misses the children he left behind. Luckily the unicorn has one more wish to grant . . .
- 2016
Mungo Monkey to the Rescue
- 14 pages
- 1 hour of reading
Mungo Monkey is spending the day with his daddy in his fourth lift-the-flap adventure, by award-winning illustrator, Lydia Monks, whose previous titles include What the Ladybird Heard and The Princess and the Wizard. Mungo can't wait to join his daddy at work and ride in the fire engine!


