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Book Two

Are We
Moving?

The picnic is laid.
The island is waking up.

Dot has packed the picnic. Ned has a lettuce hat. But the little green island is not an island at all, and it would very much like somewhere shady to sleep.

A sunny, gently funny story about slowing down, helping a friend and finding just the right place to rest.

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The front cover of Are We Moving?: a very old turtle with a grassy shell swims across a sunny pond, carrying a dormouse, a water vole and a frog in a lettuce hat.
The cover of Book Two.

Who you'll meet.

  • The Moth, drawn on cream paper.

    The Moth

    Lives inside the clock. Tells every story, and is never in a hurry.

  • The Dormouse, drawn on cream paper.

    The Dormouse

    Always nearly asleep. Says only short things, which is where your child comes in.

  • Tess, drawn on cream paper.

    Tess

    A very old turtle. Sleeps for so long that grass grows on her shell.

  • Dot, drawn on cream paper.

    Dot

    A water vole. Packs the picnic, and makes sure everyone gets fed.

  • Ned, drawn on cream paper.

    Ned

    A frog in a lettuce hat, with a demonstration for everything.

A few pages, not all of them.

Every page is a painted picture with a little movement in it. Here are three; the rest can wait for bedtime.

The island yawns: Tess the turtle wakes beneath the picnic while Ned’s lettuce hat slips over his eyes.Dot lifts the picnic cloth into a roof for Tess, while Ned peeks out from underneath.Ned bows to a row of pink water lilies as Tess swims along the pond.

One little book.
A whole world waiting.

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