Animals wee on the carpet sometimes, and sniff each other’s bottoms ALL the time, and chew the furniture. This is an ideal series for children progressing from picture books - there are plenty of illustrations to accompany satisfying storylines. One night, I was reading the most boring children’s book in the long history of the world to my daughter, Sophy (who was six at the time).

Julian Gough’s poo-eating rabbit book, Rabbit’s Bad Habits, was a rebellion against reading ‘the most boring picture book on earth’ to his daughter one night. something which will get handed on to younger brothers and sisters (because it's a book for boys and girls) and probably onto the next generation. She laughed at the good bits, frowned at the bad bits, and, at one point (while I was reading her the latest version of a funny scene), burst into tears. Jim Field: ‘Julian suggested making Bear more of a mother character, actually his description was more “a Big Mumma” so I made her bigger boned and rounded the design more than the previous bears.Anyway, it was a picture book about a nice, friendly, perfectly boring rabbit and a nice, friendly, perfectly boring bear. Jim Field: ‘This was the rabbit design that “stuck”, it captured his grumpy qualities and it felt like he had plenty of scope for further characterisation. So my daughter and I started talking about how terrible the book was, and about how it could be better. Jim Field: ‘I was lucky enough to visit Yosemite National Park and Kings Canyon in California a couple of years ago, both are utterly incredible places and it was great to have the opportunity to put pencil to paper and try and capture these beautiful landscapes for this book. You’ll find yourself drawn to this book again and again, reading it alone or sharing with others, always finding something new to behold and enjoy between its pages.

Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear … on the day that a new creature arrives in their valley, trying to Change Everything.It’s not because I’m nice and friendly and perfect: it’s not because she is nice and friendly and perfect (though she is my favourite person on earth): It’s because I got her to do loads of unpaid work on the book, and stole all her ideas. You couldn’t tell any of the animals apart: they all talked the same, and acted the same, and were nice and friendly to each other, until the book ended, or the reader died of boredom, whichever came first. From novelist and playwright Julian Gough, and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, this is a tale of Mystery! And, finally – with her help – I think I found a way to combine Winnie the Pooh, and wildlife documentaries.

Does Wolf have the answer to the bad king’s demands … or will Rabbit and the other animals find the solution within themselves? She enjoyed it enormously, but, of course, it wasn’t perfect (because nothing is perfect, especially the very rough first try at a story). Everyone I know is complicated and sometimes nice and sometimes nasty and sometimes friendly and sometimes angry and sometimes sulky and sometimes funny and sometimes stupid and sometimes clever and always interesting.Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear whose friendship is tested by a very noisy woodpecker … Ideal for readers moving on from picture books. The next book in the bestselling series for newly independent readers with these laugh-out-loud tales of friendship, adventure and a little bit of poo! What is the point of having bears and rabbits in your story if they aren’t WILD, and doing the crazy, surprising, and often rather rude things real bears and rabbits do? goes from strength to strength with The Pest in the Nest, in which Spring has sprung and Rabbit is out of sorts with everyone, whether they're loud and happy or sad and slow.