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Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. He's picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library – and he just knows he's going to get one for his birthday.
Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but he receives a picture of a dog instead of a real one! But the imagination can be a powerful thing, and when Ben puts his to work, his adventures really begin!
Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. He's picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library – and he just knows he's going to get one for his birthday.
Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but he receives a picture of a dog instead of a real one! But the imagination can be a powerful thing, and when Ben puts his to work, his adventures really begin!
Philippa Pearce's poignant story of a young boy who longs for a pet dog.
Philippa Pearce was an English author of children's books. Her most
famous work is the time slip fantasy novel Tom's Midnight Garden,
which won the 1958 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association,
recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British
subject. Pearce was four times a commended runner up for the
Medal.
The peculiar relationship between the old and the very young is a
constant theme in Philippa's writing and when, late in life, she
had the unexpected delight of two small grandsons, it gave her a
renewed burst of creative energy. She called being a grandmother a
privilege, a rare, almost inexplicable pleasure not just fun but
something different, more. Philippa Pearce died in December 2006.
Discovered by Walt Disney at the age of 11, Jenny Agutter embarked
on a career that has spanned four decades. She has appeared in a
number of films including The Snow Goose – for which she won an
Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama – and the
1977 film, Equus, which earned her a BAFTA Award for Best Actress
in a Supporting Role. She has also performed on stage for the Royal
Shakespeare Company, on West End and on Broadway opposite Derek
Jacobi in Breaking the Code. Among Jenny’s many audiobook
recordings are The Secret Garden (winner of the Spoken Word Award
for best children’s book), Music and Silence, Bad Blood and Mrs
Robinson's Disgrace.
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