Synopsis

The third book in a warm and beautifully observed farm adventure series from Nicola Baker, star of Our Farm in the Dales.Perfect for readers 8+ and fans of Jacqueline Wilson,Michael Morpurgo, Dick King Smith andThe SnowFoal. With stunning illustrations fromRachael Dean throughout. It’s summer at Whistledown Farm and there’s plenty for Ava to do from helping to shear the sheep to baling the hay. But then she meets a litter of border collie pups and suddenly the sunny days get a lot more complicated . . . Baker is a gifted writer, and her bucolic adventure harks back to classic farm stories such as those written by Dick King Smith and Michael MorpurgoThe BooksellerAbout the author: Growing up, Nicola spent hours with her nose stuck in a book or filling notebooks with stories and sketches. After a successful career as a physiotherapist and raising two children shes now come full circle and is writing again. Nicola lives on a smallholding with her husband and two children. When shes not mucking out chickens or feeding the sheep youll find her writing adventure stories for children.