A charming series of adventures for younger readers, featuring a family of all sorts of animals that live in the farmyard behind the tumble-down barn on Mudpuddle Farm
Six fantastic stories in one volume!
Mossops Last Chance: Theres mice in my barley sacks, theres rats in my roof and now theres mice in the corn bin. This time Ive had enough. If you arent up to the job, you will have to go.
Mossop the old farm cat likes to sleep and not much else! So when Farmer Rafferty tells him to catch twenty-six mice by sunset, all the animals have to pull together to give Mossop one last chance
Albertine, Goose Queen: A fox is on the loose, and all the animals except Albertine the goose have hidden themselves inside. Albertine is safe on her island in the pond at least so she thinks, until the fox starts swimming towards her
Jiggers Day Off: Jigger the sheepdog has just one day off a year. Just one day to chase all those little animals hiding in the corn. But even the best made plans can go wrong
Pigs Might Fly!: Its a long hot summer, and Pintsize the piglet wonders if it might be cooler in the sky. But when he tries to fly, he annoys just about everyone. Its time he learned his lesson
Martians at Mudpuddle Farm: Have Martians landed on Mudpuddle Farm? Farmer Rafferty seems to think so. Now its up to Albertine, Goose Queen, to work it out. Luckily shes the cleverest goose in the whole world, so if anyone knows what to do, she will
Mums the Word: Something strange is going on at Mudpuddle Farm. Egbert the goat is not himself at all. Instead of grumbling, hes singing and dancing! And hes even greedier than usual
