Brilliant Billy does his bit
By: Simon Hutton ; illustrated by Caroline Glicksman
Publisher: Andersen; Andersen Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
ISBN-13: 9781842708552
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Juvenile fiction; Veterans; Vegetable gardening; Allotment gardens
Description: When a World War II veteran comes to talk to his class, Billy is inspired to join in the war effort. Protecting his house from intruders isn't so popular with his parents, so he decides to use his brilliance to grow vegetables with Dad on the allotment. He learns all about planting seeds and feeding the soil - and discovers the competitiveness of the prize veg growers when it seems that he has grown a monster turnip in three days!