The Emperor's Gruckle Hound

by Chris Riddell (Illustrator), Chris Riddell (Illustrator), Kathryn Cave (Author), Chris Riddell (Illustrator)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1996

  $13.12

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  It's the Emperor's birthdaybut he's not happy. Presents spill over the steps of the palace, but he doesn't like any of them. Then Fred, the gardener, finds a missing label and attaches it to a stray puppyThe Last of the Gruckle Hounds. The Emperor is overjoyed (never mind that he doesn't know what a gruckle is!) The Last of the Gruckle Hounds lives a life of luxury, sleeping on silk cushions, feasting on salmonwhile his twin brother, Scruff, searches for slops in the city's bins. Will the puppies ever meet again? And, if they do, will Fred's trick be discovered?