It is a special day in the jungle, today is Flora's birthday! But when Monty the monkey decides to play a trick on Flora and forget all about her birthday, Flora is very upset! Following on from the successful fiction series, this book banded play continues the adventures of the characters who live in the jungle. Written for orange band 6 of the Start Reading programme.
A Canadian, Karen Wallace gained a degree in English from London University. Shortly afterwards she and her husband went to Toronto and worked in the publishing business. A few years later they moved to Ireland with their two young sons, and returned to England in 1982. She now writes full-time for children and for children's television. She and illustrator Mike Bostock won the TES Information Book Award for THINK OF AN EEL (Walker Books). Her novel RASPBERRIES ON THE YANGTSE was short-listed for the Guardian Award. She is married to novelist Sam Llewellyn.