A new edition of the bestselling picture book, The Highway Rat, by superstar duo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Publishing as part of a branded relaunch of all Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s picture books.

From the creators of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and ZOG. The Highway Rat has sold over 470,000 copies in the UK alone.

“Give me your buns and your biscuits!
Give me your chocolate éclairs!
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. Then he finally meets his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck… A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred Noyes poem, ‘The Highwayman’.