A collection of three stories about a little girl called Willa, who moves with her family to a new home, where she meets Old Miss Annie. At first Annie is afraid of the old woman because of her woolly hair and tiny voice and bumpy, twisted hands, but soon they become the best of friends. One of the things that they have in common is a great love of animals, which is at the heart of these three country tales, featuring respectively a goat, a pony and a fox.;Berlie Doherty has won the Carnegie Medal twice, for "Granny Was a Buffer Girl" and "Dear Nobody". Her books for young people also include "Spellhorn" and "White Peak Farm".;Kim Lewis was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal for her first picture book, "The Shepherd Boy". She has since written and illustrated four more rural tales, "Emma's Lamb", "Floss", "First Snow", "The Last Train" and "My Friend Harry".