The Weasel Puffin Unicorn Baboon Pig Lobster Race is a psychedelic children’s story best described as, ‘Doctor Doolittle meets Sergeant Pepper’. Its zany story follows a race as feverishly competitive as any held before.

All manner of dastardly plans and cheats are concocted by the beasts including custard trampolines and banana diggers (the swines!). The Unicorn alone respects the rules. Admirable, yes, but in this weasel-cheats-puffin world what chance of victory does that give him?

Beautifully illustrated by Angus MacKinnon, this anarchic and riotous story by James Thorp is an unmissable treat for all.