Traditional proverbs and sayings often refer to objects or ways of life unfamiliar to children today. This is a collection of them, accompanied by straightforward explanations and illustrations, and published simultaneously with a companion volume, "Over the Moon".
Shirley Hughes is the illustrator of more than two hundred children’s books and has won many prestigious awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal twice. She is the author-illustrator of DON'T WANT TO GO! and OLLY AND ME 1 2 3. She died at her home in London on the 25th of February, 2022.