Chuck and Danielle

Description

Seven funny episodic tales about Danielle and her nervous whippet, Chuck 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!

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 *