Dozy Mare

by Jeanne Willis, Tony Ross (Illustrator)

This lazy horse will do nothing but stand still—except on Sundays, when she sits down. She won't "giddy up" for the farmer, nor "trot off" for his wife, nor play cowboys for their son, nor jump for their daughter. There are no incentives that will work. Not carrots, oats, apples; not even a sugar lump! So she gets sold to a tinker, and then to the circus—and then to a butcher. And then the dozy dobbin demonstrated that, though lazy, she wasn’t she ran like the wind!

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

About the author

Jeanne Willis was born in St Albans and trained as an advertising copywriter at Watford College. She worked for various agencies creating press adverts and TV, cinema and radio commercials. She is now a full-time writer and has published over 80 books. Her hobbies include gardening, reading (non-fiction), natural history and collecting caterpillars. Jeanne has also worked on scripts for TV, including POLLY POCKET and THE SLOW NORRIS, and a pilot TV series for DR XARGLE. She lives in North London with her husband and two children.