A wonderfully reassuring tale from master storyteller, Shirley Hughes. Mum is ill and Dad has to go to work, so Lily will have to go to Melanie"s house for the day. Dad says she"ll have lots of fun, but there"s a problem: Lily doesn"t want to go! Join Lily as she braves Melanie"s house, and realises that doing new things needn"t be scary after all. From the Hardcover edition.