Why the Animals Came to Town

One magical, moonlit night a boy wakes to the strangest sound; peeping through the curtains, he’s astonished to see the streets filled by all kinds of animals – from anteaters to wallabies.

And the animals bring a message from the world:'There are dusty deserts where nothing grows, and rising seas and melting snows. Smoke fills the sky and hides the sun. We think it’s time something was done.'

After a joyous dance through the night-time streets and squares, at dawn the animals are gone, but boy is determined to spread the message that without them the world would be empty.

A lilting text and glowing, colour-soaked – and immensely characterful – animal illustrations swirl across the page spreads, lightly conveying a deeply important ecological message.