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Brought to you by Puffin. Puffin presents five stories from master storyteller, Dick King-Smith. This collection featuring one of Dick King-Smith's most famous stories The Invisible Dog. The Invisible Dog is the story of a girl who tries to satisfy her yearning for a dog by introducing an...

Patricia Hodge stars as Cruella de Vil in this full-cast dramatisation of the much-loved story. Pongo lives happily with his human pets Mr. and Mrs. Dearly in a large house in Regent's Park. When his wife Missis produces a litter of 15 beautiful pups, life seems wonderfully complete. But the...

When eight-year-old Kirstie brings home a strange egg from the Scottish shore, her family never expects it to hatch. But the next day, Kirstie discovers a baby sea monster swimming in her bathtub! Part horse, part toad, part turtle and part crocodile, he's the oddest-looking creature Kirstie's family has ever seen. Only Kirstie's grandfather knows what the beastie really is: a Water Horse! This lovable creature is the perfect pet. The only trouble is, he can't stop growing.

When Farmer Buzzard's collie, Kay, has four puppies, he doesn't know what to do. Three are fine puppies, which he can sell, but the fourth is the ugliest puppy ever. No one wants to buy him and, as he grows, it becomes clear he'll never make a sheepdog – and he certainly isn't house-trained! Farmer Buzzard is too kind-hearted to get rid of Smasher, and eventually, when a burglar calls, the big dog has a chance to prove his worth.

Bruno is a sweet little Bulldog, but sometimes when he is angry, he acts out. He barks loudly and destroys things, which makes his friends afraid. Bruno does not understand why his friends do not want to play with him. Why don’t they want to be his friend? With the help of his parents, Bruno learns how to turn his anger into something good. His parents teach him that even though feeling angry is normal, he must turn his destructive behavior into constructive behavior. Bruno the Angry Bulldog teaches children how to recognize and handle their big emotions in a healthy way.

Auf einem Spaziergang mit seinem Dalmatiner Pongo begegnet Roger der schönen Anita und ihrer Dalmatinerdame Perdita und Pongo ist klar: Er muss sein Herrchen mit der Hundebesitzerin verkuppeln, um selbst Perdita zu erobern! Als sein Plan aufgeht und Perdita 15 kleine Welpen bekommt, scheint das Hundeglück perfekt. Wäre da nicht Cruella de Vil, deren größter Traum ein Mantel aus Dalmatinerfell ist ... Begleite Pongo und Perdita bei ihrem Kampf um eine glückliche Familie!

From global superstar and everyone’s F-R-I-E-N-D Jennifer Aniston comes a delectable and fun-filled book about self-discovery and self-confidence starring her food-loving dog Clydeo! Everyone in the Clyde family knows what their “thing” is, except Clydeo. Clydeo doesn’t love to surf like...

In a mulberry brick house on the harbour that Lara explores while her mother cleans, Lara meets Pierre, a boy about her age with a beautiful antique puppet theatre. With his puppets, he tells her a story about a boy whose family has been eaten by wolves. The boy is lost. He needs to find his grandmother. Lara takes the part of a dog, but suddenly she can no longer tell where she ends and Dog begins. Or is she Wolf? Caught up in Pierre's story, Lara has to fight to protect her identity - and her new friend. Can she help Pierre find his way home?

Poor Corky suggests they go in search of fresh air, but when the friends encounter some hang gliders on the hillside, Eddy and Corky embark on a trip that takes them a little further from home than they’d planned.