All day long the moles dig tunnels and push up mole-hills. But one young mole gets bored - he wants to run and stretch and dance! "Moles can't dance", the other moles all tell him. But this young mole is determined to prove them wrong. So he decides to go out into the open air and find someone who will teach him to dance. He meets a cow, a frog, a fox and a woodpecker - but none of them can dance. Suddenly, though, he hears a loud banging noise and sees a girl dancing in a garden. He watches her and copies what she does and then dances home - past the astonished woodpecker, fox, frog and cow. The other moles are amazed too, but after watching the young mole for a while, they too come out and dance. This picture book tells a story that shows what can be achieved with determination. Richard Evans won the 1971 Eric Gregory Poetry Award and various volumes of verse for children including "Moonfrog", "The Word Party" and "The House That Caught a Cold". Caroline Anstey illustrated " I Bought My Love A Tabby Cat" and "The Pocket Mouse".
- ISBN10 0744554462
- ISBN13 9780744554465
- Publish Date 12 June 1997 (first published 14 April 1994)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 17 November 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Walker Books Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 25
- Language English