Divided into ten short chapters and liberally illustrated with lively black and white tone illustrations, this short novel is ideal both for reading aloud and for newly confident readers to try for themselves. With so many delicious elements to relate to - animals of all kinds, freedom to have adventures and extraordinary circus skills - this fast paced and entertaining narrative will be much enjoyed. -- Books for Keeps 20111101

As a child Tamara Macfarlane practically lived in Blackwell's Children's Bookshop in Oxford. Later in Cambridge she read more children's books whilst studying English and Education and specialising in Children's Literature. After a number of years spent as a literacy co-ordinator trying to persuade children in schools that the world inside books was generally a lot more interesting than the real world, Tamara had her first child and decided she would like to live in a children's bookshop again. As she couldn't find one that she liked she founded the award winning Tales on Moon Lane bookshop in Herne Hill, subsequently opening a second shop in Primrose Hill, filling it with even more of her favourite books.