"A sweet, beautifully illustrated, farm animal story to read with the whole family. Di Hickleton's first children’s book will engage every child and adult, after all, who doesn't love friendly farm animals and wonder what clever things they get up to without their owners around. You'll be left wanting to meet more of Butleigh Farm's characters by the end."

“An absolute delightful book to have on your bookshelf. A perfect read aloud to share with your children, grandchildren and students. The setting of a farm is most engaging with Nanny and Pa Hicko sharing their busy but fulfilling days on their farm (with a little help from their friends). And of course, the animal characters add a spark to the story and enable the reader to make so many connections! Bonnie is one of my favourite characters. I wonder who your favourite character will be. The beautiful illustrations support readers to ‘lean on’ the pictures to gain clues to support their understanding and conversations about the story. With my ‘teacher hat’ on there are so many opportunities for explicit teaching such as prediction, inferring, time and sequence just to name a few!”

"This book was epic because I liked the animals running the farm."

"I like this book because the dogs helped nanny and pa."