Author: Ayres, Pam
Poetry (Children's/YA)
Published on 19 March 2026 by PAN MACMILLAN (Two Hoots) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Pam Ayres' Animal Stories' series.
Hardback | 32 pages
289 x 259 x 12 | 488g
Join Dandy the dormouse on his adventures high up in the trees in this delightful, rhyming story by bestselling poet Pam Ayres, author of The Last Hedgehog and I Am Oliver the Otter.
Hello. I am a dormouse, and Dandy is my name.
I'm a different kind of mouse, we are not all the same.
Did you know dormice are born grey and get their beautiful golden-brown fur as they get older? Or that they can climb trees like acrobats because of their sticky feet?Written in rhyme and beautifully illustrated by the award-winning Nicola O'Byrne, Pam Ayres's charming tale I Am Dandy the Dormouse is a light-hearted look at the life of this tiny tree-dweller. Written with the help and advice of The Woodland Trust and bursting with natural facts – like how dormice leave a unique, neat mark on every hazelnut they eat – with an extra information spread at the end. The perfect read for curious young nature-lovers.
