Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
PETER DICKINSON has won numerous prizes for his books for young readers, including the Carnegie Medal (twice), the Guardian Award and the Whitbread Literary Award (again, twice). His previous titles for Transworld have included a number of novels for teenage readers, as well as the enchanting Time and the Clock Mice, Etcetera.
He is married to American writer, Robin McKinley, and lives in Hampshire.
Between the jokes and the sentiment, we are left with an encouraging tale of overcoming fears and maintaining values
Independent on Sunday
Subtly layered . . . This distinctive collection of stories, touching and funny, will be a joy to read
The School Librarian
Laugh-out-loud funny
Booklist
Hats off to a winning canine antihero
Kirkus
Cheery contemporary stories . . . The characters of child and dog are delightfully drawn
Daily Telegraph
Chuck is a whippet. A very nervous whippet, who's scared of absolutely everything: paper bags, pigeons, supermarket trolleys, cats (even the little fluffy ones). Some people say Chuck's a wimpet, not a whippet, and Mum keeps pretending she's going to give Chuck away, but Danielle loves her scaredy-cat whippet and knows that there's more to Chuck than meets the eye...
Seven funny, charming and totally whippet-friendly stories from Peter Dickinson, the winner of several major awards for his books for young readers - and the owner of three whippets!
Produktdetaljer
Om bidragsyterne
PETER DICKINSON has won numerous prizes for his books for young readers, including the Carnegie Medal (twice), the Guardian Award and the Whitbread Literary Award (again, twice). His previous titles for Transworld have included a number of novels for teenage readers, as well as the enchanting Time and the Clock Mice, Etcetera.
He is married to American writer, Robin McKinley, and lives in Hampshire.