Item category 1: Picture Books

A small boy picks out a gleaming Austin Heavy 12/4 as his car. But as the boy is only seven, there was nothing he could do about it. It would be many years and many adventures later that the small boy, now Mr Hardcastle, would meet up with his dream car - Gumdrop.

In this book, children can spy characters hiding in the pictures. A poem on each page gives the clue as to what is hiding in the picture opposite. Many well-known nursery characters are included so that young children can follow the rhymes. It was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal in 1978.