by Margaret Chamberlain (Illustrator), Diana Hendry (Author), Diana Hendry (Author), Margaret Chamberlain (Illustrator)
The Dottington family are all scared of something or other, so they decide to get a dog. They return from the Dogs' Home with a large grey dog called Hero - but he's a true Dottington Dog, because he's scared of everything. But in comforting Hero, the others forget their own fears. Diana Hendry is the author of tale such as Christmas in Exeter Street ; Kid Kibble ; Wonderful Robert and Sweetie-Pie Nell ; Hetty's First Fling ; Midnight Pirate ; Fiona Finds Her Tongue , shortlisted for the Smarties Prize; and the Walker doubles, Hannah and Darjeeling and The Dream Camel and the Dazzling Cat . She has also written two novels, Double Vision and Harvey Angell , the latter of which won the 1991 Whitbread Children's Novel Award. Margaret Chamberlain has illustrated titles such as The Best Thing of All and The Enchanted Flute , as well as A Piece of String is a Wonderful Thing and The Wheeling and Whirling-Around Book .
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Published: 12 Jan 1995
ISBN 10: 0744532841
ISBN 13: 9780744532845