This is the story of a little girl called Willa, who moves with her family to a new home, where she meets Old Miss Annie. At first Willa is afraid of the old woman because of her woolly hair, tiny voice and bumpy, twisted hands. Soon they become the best of friends. One of the things that they have in common is a great love of animals. The book contains three stories, featuring respectively a goat, a pony and a fox. Berlie Doherty has twice won the Carnegie Medal, for "Granny Was a Buffer Girl" and "Dear Nobody". She has also written "Spellhorn" and "White Peak Farm". Kim Lewis was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for "The Shepherd Boy". Her other picture books are "Emma's Lamb", "Floss", "First Snow" and "The Last Train".