I suppose I can say that the initial premise is of a little old lady going out to pick vegetables and stumbling across a big hairy orange toe. Humorously illustrated by Daniel Postgate this spine-tickling traditional tale is perfect for halloween and shouts to be read out loud!

Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives. ever since ive been little ive loved this book so many childrens books are about the prince and the princess living happily ever after which is pretty cool but this book is original and funny and random i love it! READ AND SHARE is a unique first library for parents and children that helps build early readers’ confidence. It is a good book for involving children to use different voices, and exaggerate certain words or phrases.The first time I read it to a class they sit in silence, hanging onto every word with such suspense.

It's "A Traditional American Tale", boasts the flyleaf, as if that excuses the poverty of the plot, and it's not even set in Afghanistan. This story has stuck with me for so many years, and I'm sure will stay with me for many years to come.

The story is about an old women, one day she finds a hairy toe while she was picking beans and takes to her home. While out picking beans an old woman finds a hairy toe – and soon wishes she hadn't – especially when its owner comes looking for it. I've even taken it in to my son's class and read it to them - joyously received with squeals of delight and shock at the end - I do get a bit carried away on the last page. If you are under 16, please obtain your parent/guardian’s permission before submitting or ask your parent/guardian to submit on your behalf. plus, I let her imagination run wild as we try to figure out how the creature lost it's Hairy Toe in the first place!