Polly Faber

Kizzy had dreamed of every possible way she might get a pony, but she'd never expected to pick one up from the bakery aisle in the supermarket. Wherever he's come from, the pony is everything Kizzy ever wished for. With a bit of training Kizzy knows they'll be winning rosettes in no time. There's just one problem: How do you keep a pony in a twelfth-floor flat without your mum finding out?

"When a hunting fox pounces through the snow and finds itself inside a warm home, it's welcomed and given dinner by a kind, bearded man with a big round belly. Soon yawning, the man leaves the fox to explore, through piles of strewn wrapping paper and rows of empty shelves. As the man sleeps, the fox curls up too, until sun and flowers return, luring them both outside. But soon the man gets quickly back to work-drawing and measuring, painting and...

"Follow the shipping process as a book makes its way from printer to reader in this story about one special delivery. After a long journey over land and across the ocean, involving factories and warehouses, vans, trains, container ships, drivers, captains, postal workers, and booksellers, a picture book finally arrives in the hands of [a] child." --