Varmints is a children’s picture book written by Helen Ward specifically for BAFTA award-winning filmmaker Marc Craste. ‘There was once only the sound of bees and the wind in the wiry grass, the low murmuring of moles in the cool dark earth...’ The most overlooked threat in the world is the loss of peace and quiet. Can someone find the time and space to stop, think and plant the seeds of change? Sparing words combine with epic images to make the imagination and the heart soar.