Colour Crackers: Welcome Home Barney

by Rose Impey

Welcome Home, Barney. The Loneliest Bat in the World! Barney the bat is lonely. His friends try to find him a mate, but with no success. Then Barney thinks of a better way to pick the perfect partner. We Want William! The Wisest Worm in the World! William is such a wise old worm, everyone comes to him for help. But is William wise enough to save them all from The World Worm Charming Championship? Funny lively stories, the perfect books for building reader confidence. The pages are attractively designed with clear, easy-to-read type and fun colour illustrations throughout. They include joke sections and come in a large, child-friendly format.

"A well-loved series, bearing all the hallmarks of the dynamic duo, Rose Impey and Shoo Rayner" - The School Librarian.

Rose Impey is a well-known children's author. Her publications for Orchard include the enormously successful Animal Crackers books, Joe's Cafe, A Letter to Father Christmas, The Orchard Book of Fairy Tales, Peter Pan and Wendy, the Twice Upon a Time and the Fairy Tale series. Rose lives in Leicester. Shoo Rayner is a well-established author and illustrator who is probably best-known for his Ginger Ninja series (Hodder). His Orchard publications include Rock-A-Doodle-Do; Treacle Treacle, Little Tart and the Little Horrors series. Shoo lives in Gloucestershire.