Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len have a cunning plan: they'll sneak past all the animals and steal the farmer's fine prize cow.
But they forget all about the tiniest, quietest creature on the farm--the ladybug.
She has a plan of her own.
Julia Donaldson turns her literary expertise to a farm setting, and comes up with a rollicking barnyard mystery.
Lydia Monks' colorful collage illustrations go perfectly with the story for a winning combination.
Readers will quack, neigh, moo, and cheer for the ladybug all the way through What the Ladybug Heard is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
