Dave and Dogger are inseperable. So when a mishap occurs, and Dave loses Dogger, he is desolate.

But luck is on Dave's side, and Dogger turns up at the school fair! It looks as though everything will turn out for the best . . .

until someone else buys him before Dave can get the money. Will Dave and Dogger ever be reunited? And could an act of kindness save the day?Praise for Shirley Hughes Shirley Hughes is a national treasure - Philip PullmanI am reminded of something John Diamond wrote: 'This, here, now, is what happiness is. Enjoy it'.

To me, the work of Shirley Hughes says something very similar -Wendy CopeHughes is a magical storyteller with an instinctive understanding of the mind of the pre-schooler . . .

She makes the ordinary extraordinary - Guardian