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Simon the squirrel, upon his mother’s request, sets off on a shopping errand that quickly spirals into an imaginative escapade. With his woodland companions and an old hot‑air balloon owned by Uncle Somerset, Simon eyes the moon in pursuit of prized cheese. The tale weaves humor, rhyme, shopping antics, and a lighthearted interplanetary voyage into a vivid pictorial adventure for children.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Children's Fiction/Picture Books
Authors: Peter Bently
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