The Treasure Hunt

Percy the Park Keeper

by Nick Butterworth

Celebrate thirty years of Percy the Park Keeper and his animal friends with this funny story in the classic series from award-winning author and illustrator Nick Butterworth!


Percy the park keeper is planning a treasure hunt. All his animal friends are to follow a trail of clues around the park and the first one to reach the end will find the treasure! The animals are so excited they can’t wait for the hunt to begin!


Includes a surprise fold-out page!


More than 9 million Percy the Park Keeper books sold, worldwide!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Animals

32 pages, Paperback

Published August 1, 2003

About the author

Nick Butterworth was born in London and grew up in a sweet shop in Essex. He worked for various major graphic design companies before becoming a full-time author and illustrator. Among his picture books are Thud!, QPootle5, Jingle Bells, Albert le Blanc, Tiger and The Whisperer, winner of the Nestlé Gold Award. But he is best known for his stories about Percy the Park Keeper, which have sold more than 9 million copies worldwide. Percy has also appeared in his own television series.

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an entertaining book in the 'Percy the Park keeper' series which carries an important message to readers on friendships. Percy plans a treasure hunt for his animal friends and he sets out illustrated clues for them, upon learning they cannot read so adapting to their needs, which they follow however soon they get a little lost and run in to a someone who they are very weary of. They soon understand that looks don't always matter and they make friend with this new animal.
The illustrations do not fill the whole page however sometimes fade in to the white background which is very effective. As well as this the pictures are relevant to the story and depict what is written. The letter that Percy writes at the beginning of the text is written in different font compared to the rest of the text and is illustrated as a letter which draws the eye but also makes the text look more attractive. Furthermore the font is black and written on a write background so it stands out and is easy to read.

[Lucy Acheson-Gray · Rating 5 out of 5]

A childhood favourite of mine that was reintroduced to me while working at a summer school. I was very happy to read it to the children over and over again with absolutely no complaints. It has a great storyline and the beautiful illustrations combined with the added fun of the gold coins on each page are the stand out characteristics of this book due to their engaging nature!

[Sajitha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book to teach kids on how to organize treasure hunt. Also, this book exhibits the importance of values (like acceptance, friendship, team work, being content for small things etc) . Very engaging book – makes you turn the pages once again after you finished reading.

[Zoe Hickey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant book to read at carpet time at the end of the day, lots of little stories came from the children as I read it to them. Reception age.

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet

[Jack Farnell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the ending where we had to find the three treasure chocolates that he dropped.

[Alex Fossett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Autumnal gold! 🍂

[Liz Todd · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun inspiration to create a treasure hunt.

[Mollie Nelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

So many ups and downs + cute friendships (although Percy is a greedy boy)

[Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

He sets up a treasure hunt for all the animals, but silly Percy eats the gold coins he finds in his pocket, forgetting that they are supposed to be the treasure! Butterworth heads in for the cutesy ending, with the animals concluding that the best kind of treasure is making their new friend... and then he swerves and the animals are like "making friends is good but so is treasure (hint hint etc etc)". I was pleased - a sweet ending, but not a saccharine one. Percy, you got some 'splainin' to do!

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Treasure Hunt
By Nick Butterworth
Percy is of course the lovable, caring park keeper. He has many animal friends, all beautifully drawn, that live in the park.
In this story, Percy has organised a treasure hunt for the animals, but in true Percy style things do not go according to plan. Children will love this book with its adorable animals and the lift-the-flap pages. There is even a treasure hunt at the end for the children to take part in.

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Percy the park keeper prepared a treasure hunt for his animal friends who lived in the park. He hid clues so that one led to another until the treasure could be found. Unfortunately, there was a problem regarding the treasure. This is such a cute and fun story and the adorable illustrations - with a fold out page - are fabulous.