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Author: Hughes, Shirley

Reading age: from c 5 years

Published on 7 September 2000 by Penguin Random House Children’s UK (Red Fox) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 64 pages
274 x 229 x 7 | 378g

This special edition includes stories from real-life evacuees, uncovered from the Imperial War Museums.

When Lenny’s father goes to fight in the Second World War, he gives his son a brass badge with two animals engraved on it: a lion for bravery and a unicorn for courage.

Then, Lenny himself must go away, as he is evacuated from his home and family to escape the bombing. Staying in a strange new place, Lenny gathers all his lion bravery, all his unicorn courage, and discovers that magic can happen, even in the most desperate of times.

Packed with incredible illustrations, this heart-warming story is accessible for readers of all ages.

No one can match Shirley Hughes in the simple mastery of both words and pictures – Times Educational Supplement