Toby Tucker: Dodging the Donkey Poo

Toby can't wait to be catapulted back in time again to become his own ancestor! This time Toby is plunged back to Ancient Greece, into Niko's life, where he finds himself dodging the donkey doo: "It's hardly a good idea to head-butt a donkey, and I'll never know what made me do it this morning. One minute I was standing there wondering which of the stubborn creatures to take to market, the next I was cross-eyed with my nose pressed up against a donkey's rear end. Not the nicest thing I've smelled today! Melissa the bee woman keeps well back because, she says, she doesn't want to catch my fleas. They're not my fleas. They're the donkeys."

Val Wilding was a teacher for 20 years and now manages a school library. She has written more than 30 books, including Diggers and Dumpers and Real Princesses. Michael Broad is the illustrator of Broken Bird.