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On the farm, some very strange noises are keeping the farmer awake. The ducks are having fun singing and banging ‘instruments'-- what a racket! But their noise is keeping someone else awake too, wily Mr Fox. There's trouble on the way... Panda number 20

Patrice Aggs was born and brought up in the United States, but now lives in West Sussex, England. She has illustrated over thirty-five picture books for children. In the early 1980s she was part of the team which produced the animated film The Snowman.

Patrice is currently writing picture books, illustrating and printmaking. She lives on a farm in West Sussex with her husband and two teenagers. The Giraffe Who Came to Dinner is the first book she has both written and illustrated. Her latest books, Ooh La Booga Bomp and Strawberry Squirt are part of the popular O'Brien Pandas series.

Teaching Resources: free to view and download

• Download Activity sheets: Help Pintail to find the clothes and instruments he needs to be a real musician

• Download Activity sheets: Suggested ways to make your own music