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What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside

A laugh-out-loud beach adventure, perfect for summer!

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With a cast of wonderful sea creatures – including a magical mermaid – and plenty of seaside fun, this brilliant rhyming adventure is perfect for listening to in the car, at home, at bedtime – or at any time at all!

The clever little ladybird is off on a trip to the seaside, but those two bad men, Hefty Hugh and Lanky Len, are also back and they're up to their wicked ways again. This time they're planning to steal the mermaid's long, luscious hair and sell it to a famous star . . . luckily, the crime-busting ladybird has another cunning plan to stop the thieves!

What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside is a fantastically funny rhyming adventure from the stellar picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks. This audio edition is read by Alexander Armstrong and includes a read-along track – perfect for listening to together.

Enjoy other What the Ladybird Heard adventures: What the Ladybird Heard, What the Ladybird Heard Next and What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday.

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Critic reviews

An instant classic
What the Ladybird Heard at the Seaside is a sparkling rhyming adventure from writer Donaldson and illustrator Lydia Monks – quite literally. It features glitter on every page
Bright, sparkling, full of humor, subterfuge and rhyming fun, this is another exceptional title from the award winning pair of Donaldson and Monks. Not only a funny tale of whimsy, it continues to show that even the smallest, quietest and most unassuming characters around us can make the biggest differences and overcome the most difficult of challenges. Themes of friendship, teamwork and communication are prevalent in this series with the fourth installment being just as strong. Expect nothing less than bold, beautiful and brilliance
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My 7 year old daughter thoroughly enjoyed this story and she liked the humour.

A lovely little story

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another great installment in the ladybird heard series....all the usual rhyming fun with lanky Len and hefty Hugh at the seaside.

the usual suspects return in this seaside edition

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My 5yo absolutely loves it. Another fabulous book by Julia Donaldson. Alexander Armstrong is superb in bringing this story to life. A real treat.

Just fab

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Wish Alexander Armstrong had exclusivity on all children’s books. Everyone else is rubbish by comparison

Brilliant

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