While Dad's away, the toys will play! Freddie is a young boy whose dad is often away overseas travelling to many countries. Dad sends Freddie a new toy from each country he is visiting so he knows he's thinking of him. One day Freddie misses his dad so much, he decides to make up a story about each animal toy as if it was alive. Fully illustrated to surprise and delight, Freddie's stories are rhyming verses full of fun, mischievousness and a special love of nature.