Highway Rat by Julia Donaldson

Highway Rat (Highway Rat)

by Julia Donaldson

'Give me your buns and your biscuits! Give me your chocolate eclairs! For I am the Rat of the highway, and the Rat Thief never shares!' Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel - he even steals his own horse's hay. Will he finally meet his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck? A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred Noyes poem, 'The Highwayman', from the authors of 'The Gruffalo' and 'Zog'.

Reviewed by Briana @ Pages Unbound on

4 of 5 stars

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First impressions: Fun story with nice rhythm, for the most part. There could have been more of a conclusion.

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