Esio Trot (Puffin Fiction)

Product Description
A new edition of the wonderful warm-hearted story of Mr Hoppy, Mrs Silver, and the tortoise who brings them together. Great new Quentin Blake cover and new author biography.

From the Back Cover
Mr Hoppy, a retired bachelor, harbours a secret passion for his neighbour, the lovely Mrs Silver. Unfortunately she lavishes all her affection on another… Alfie, her pet tortoise. Mr Hoppy’s wildly ingenious plot to defeat his rival and win the love of his lady will delight and amaze, involving, as it does a cryptic riddle and no fewer than a hundred and forty tortoises, large and small. –This text refers to the Flexibound edition.