Books with author Julie Monks

Marcello Mouse is off to the Magical Masked Ball. But he hasn't been invited. And as Marcello soon discovers, this ball is no place for a mouse . . . The complete story and original illustrations of Marcello Mouse and the Masked Ball by Julie Monks have been specially redesigned into a smaller early reader format. This new version offers children a natural next step on from picture books to support them as they grow in reading confidence.

A beautifully illustrated tale of a Venetian masked ball, and a mouse who slips in uninvited—how will the feline guests react to the intruder? In the deepest, darkest corner of Venice a lonely mouse called Marcello longs for the music and excitement of a masked ball, but there's just one problem. Marcello is not invited! But with a leap and a hop and a flick of his tail—and a rather cunning disguise—he bravely slips into the Grand Palace. It's a dangerous decision for a little mouse, to gatecrash a pussycat ball.

Petunia is a chicken who is struggling to make friends. Every time she approaches the popular chickens in her coop, she's sent flying. All of the clucks in the barnyard cliques exclude this newcomer, and it makes her very sad indeed.Then one day, Petunia meets a chicken named Delilah. Delilah has a different point of view. She tells Petunia that the cliques she's trying to crack are being hard-shelled because they think they're better than she is. But as it turns out, Delilah and Petunia are birds of a feather. They flock together and spend the day in giddy adventure. Petunia doesn't struggle in the barnyard anymore. Now, Petunia has a friend....

In the deepest, darkest corner of Venice a lonely mouse called Marcello longs for the music and excitement of a masked ball. There’s just one problem – Marcello is not invited! But with a leap and a hop and a flick of his tail (and a rather cunning disguise) he bravely slips into the Grand Palace. A dangerous decision for a little mouse, to gatecrash a pussy-cat ball...A charming Venetian romance!

Petunia is a chicken who is struggling to make friends. Every time she approaches the popular chickens in her coop, she's sent flying. All of the clucks in the barnyard cliques exclude this newcomer, and it makes her very sad indeed.Then one day, Petunia meets a chicken named Delilah. Delilah has a different point of view. She tells Petunia that the cliques she's trying to crack are being hard-shelled because they think they're better than she is. But as it turns out, Delilah and Petunia are birds of a feather. They flock together and spend the day in giddy adventure. Petunia doesn't struggle in the barnyard anymore. Now, Petunia has a friend....

Petunia is a chicken who is struggling to make friends. Every time she approaches the popular chickens in her coop, she’s sent flying. All of the clucks in the barnyard cliques exclude this newcomer, and it makes her very sad indeed.Then one day, Petunia meets a chicken named Delilah. Delilah has a different point of view. She tells Petunia that the cliques she’s trying to crack are being hard-shelled because they think they’re better than she is. But as it turns out, Delilah and Petunia are birds of a feather. They flock together and spend the day in giddy adventure. Petunia doesn’t struggle in the barnyard anymore. Now, Petunia has a friend.