Author: Donaldson, Julia Reading age: from c 3 yearsPublished on 9 October 2025 by Scholastic (Alison Green Books) in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 32 pages248 x 280 x 5 | 222g The best wedding ever, the best wedding yet, the weddingthat no one will ever forget! Betty O'Barley and Harry O'HayWere scarecrows (They scaredLots of crows every day.)Harry loved Betty, and Betty loved Harry, So Harry said, 'Betty, my beauty let's marry!'Two scarecrows are planning the perfect wedding and set off tofind everything on their list.But wicked cigar-smoking scarecrow, Reginald Rake, has other ideasand almost ruins their special day. Harry O'Hay must becomea hero before he and Betty O'Barley can have the wedding of theirdreams.The shiny foil cover makes this a special gift for toddlersA wonderfully funny story with drama, humour, originality - anda happy ending from the UK's number one picture book author andillustratorPerfect read-aloud rhyming text and stunning pictures on everypage with lots of details to spotFrom the creators of The Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog,which have all been made into animated filmsDon't forget to check out Jonty Gentoo, Julia Donaldsonand Axel Scheffler's latest picture bookLook out for The Scarecrows' Wedding animation comingChristmas 2025, starring Domhnall Gleeson (About Time, HarryPotter) as Harry O'Hay , Jessie Buckley (Hamnet, Wild Rose) as BettyO'Barley, Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, Slow Horses) as thenarrator and Rob Brydon (Gavin and Stacey, The Trip) as ReginaldRakePraise for The Scarecrows' Wedding:'The perfect marriage of rhyme and pictures ... A joy from startto finish' Daily Mail'Fabulous rhymes that are a joy toread out, wowey illustrations and winks to the grown-up' SundayTimes
