This is a simple and delightful idea that is sure to appeal to Discworld fans young and old. My particular congratulations go to the illustrator of this handsome picture book Melvyn Grant, who has managed to depict the various characters exactly as I imagined them. Terry Pratchett has had more than one illustrator, but in my opinion he is by far the best - more illustrations please. Habitual visitors to Myshelf will know that I prefer plot to pages and like my books well-edited, but the problem here is that this book is not long enough. I was left wishing for more pictures of the various characters Sam meets, but already I have opened this book more than once which is hardly a bad thing... it made me smile, and will do so to any Pratchett reader I am sure. Who is it for? That is perhaps harder to describe. It is more a book about being a good parent than a children's tale, and is ostensibly a companion volume to Pratchett's latest novel Thud! But as he always says that he writes for anybody old enough to understand then I guess it is for anybody. One for the keeper shelf!