Home Farm Friends (Home Farm Twins # 1)

Home Farm Friends (Home Farm Twins # 1)

by JennyOldfield (Author)

Synopsis

Old friends - new adventures! Speckle (features in both BBC TV series) - A riverside picnic turns into a dramatic rescue when Speckle falls, injures himself and is in danger of being swept through rapids, over a deep waterfall...Samson (featured in BBC series 1) - Comic mishaps when Helen and Hannah volunteer to dog-sit giant Old English Sheepdog, Samson, and tiny Yorkie, Sybil. They're the little and large of the dog world, the Laurel and Hardy of Nesfield...Scott (featuring in BBC series 2) - The Saunders' Shetland pony gives rides to toddler, Joe Stott, soon to go into hospital for a major operation. The twins take photos of Scott and show them to the bed-bound Joe. Will it be enough to help the little boy recover? Stanley (featuring in BBC series 2) - The prize hamster and his overbearing owner visit Mr Winter. Major panic when Stanley trundles away inside his plastic cleaning ball - out of the cottage garden and down Doveton's Main Street...Sorrel (featured in BBC series 1) - Hannah and Helen help Sam to find good homes for Sorrel's babies...And run into trouble when the latches on David's homemade hutches prove not to be rabbit proof! Spot (featuring in BBC series 2) - Spot is the hero when he alerts the twins to an art theft in progress at Marilyn Higham's lakeside studio. Solo (featured in BBC series 1) - The twins take their pony to a horse clinic at Laura's house. A visiting expert will teach them how to be horse whisperers! But Solo makes sure that all doesn't go according to plan...Socks (featured in BBC series 1) - The Home Farm cat finds a warm place to snuggle up on a cold winter's day. Unluckily, it's in the back of the postman's van. Van and cat disappear from the farmyard. Will the twins track them down before Socks jumps out and gets lost?

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 120
Publisher: Hodder Children's Books
Published: 20 Jan 2000

ISBN 10: 034077844X
ISBN 13: 9780340778449

Author Bio
Born and brought up in Harrogate, Yorkshire, Jenny Oldfield went on to study English at Birmingham University, where she did research on the Bronte Novels and on Children's Literature. She then worked as a teacher, before deciding to concentrate on writing. She writes novels for both children and adults and, when she can escape from her desk, likes to spend time outdoors. She loves the countryside and enjoys walking, gardening, playing tennis, riding and travelling with her two daughters, Kate and Eve.