Three Favourite Animal Stories: The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark; The Cat Who Wanted to Go Home; The Hen Who Wouldn't Gi. This item is unavailable.Three Favourite Animal Stories: The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark; The Cat Who Wanted to Go Home; The Hen Who Wouldn't Gi

These three heart-warming classic stories by Jill Tomlinson are full of animal antics. Plop is a baby barn owl. He is perfect in every way—except for one thing. He's afraid of the dark! One day Suzy the cat finds herself flying away in a hot-air balloon. How is Suzy going to find her way home? Hilda is a small, speckled hen. When she makes up her mind to visit her new cousin chicks, nothing can stop her! Filled with gentle humor and comfort, Jill Tomlinson’s animal stories have been enjoyed by children who want to snuggle down with a good read for decades. This edition, containing The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark, The Cat Who Wanted to go Home, and The Hen Who Wouldn’t Give Up, is stunningly illustrated by Paul Howard—making it a terrific collection of stories for young readers.

Jill Tomlinson's animal stories are much-loved and have been best-selling for the last three decades. Paul Howard has illustrated many of Tomlinson's animal stories, including The Gorilla Who Wanted to Grow Up and The Penguin Who Wanted to Find Out.