There's one newt in a suit, and he's looking very dapper. He's joined by two snazzy-looking flies in ties, three cockatoos in high-heeled shoes, and so on up to ten. This is a counting book with lots of well-dressed animals going about their business.
What's not to love about bees in dungarees or bats in top hats? Everything's vibrant and colourful. It draws you in, and will have you poring over every page.
Andrew Weale is a writer, trainer and actor based in London. After studying Classics at Oxford University he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Andrew has now written five books for children. He has also gone back to university, this time as a lecturer for an MA course on picture books.
Margaret Chamberlain produced her first children's picture book illustrations while still at the Royal College of Art. She has produced illustrations for many many more children's books since then including: 'The Man whose Mother was a Pirate', still a bestseller after more than twenty years, and 'The Tale of Georgie Grub' now re-issued.