If only Clinky Monkey, the black and white dog, could speak - he'd tell everyone about the garden gnome that's creeping round the house. But he can't.
It's not until they catch the gnome sneaking right into Laurie's bedroom that the three brothers find out about the amazing Great Gnome Robbery masterminded by tiny Mr Gribble, the strange man hiding next door. The boys devise a cunning plan to foil Gribble's plot and using clever disguises they uncover some strange secrets as they solve the mystery of THE GNOME WITH THE KNOBBLY KNEES.
Wee Willie has been incarcerated in the magic disappearing box by his wicked uncle, but never fear! Joe, Laurie and Theo gallop to the rescue, resolving the half-cast spell, and rescuing Willie.
A new adventure for the three heroes of
The Dog in the Diamond Collar , in which their investigative powers and their courage are once more used to great effect!
Metal-Mutt is the amazing result of young Tom's inventive genius. He is a robot dog that can clean, iron, cook and wash up! But the bosses at the Institute of Inventions do not like dogs. 'Dogs don't do dishes,' they say, and decree he must be destroyed. Tom is too fond of Metal-Mutt to destroy him, so he advertises him in the local newsagent's window. The laziest family ever take him home, but they ignore him, while expecting endless work from him, so Metal-Mutt becomes extremely miserable. Then he spots Cherise Orchard falling into the river, and leaps to her rescue. As he has no collar, Cherise is delighted to be able to take this brave dog home. It doesn't matter at all that all his insides have become corrupted in the water, and now 'Prince' can't do domestic work at all.
0. Toad Prince - Paperback
£3.99 by Rebecca Lisle
(Books/All genres)
(ISBN:9781842703151) This is a modern version of the fairy tale about the Princess who kisses a frog, and he turns into a Prince - although in this retelling, she kisses a toad, and he doesn't turn into a Prince immediately. Oh no. He just falls in love with her generous spirit, and then has to get a wizard to perform the transformation. Very luckily he is friendly with the Court Magician's shaggy dog, and between them they manage to manipulate the wizard's magic for their own ends. The toad makes an incredibly ugly Prince (all protruding eyes, and prehensile tongue, not to mention an abiding delight in eating flies). How amazing that the Princess is just like him! They could have been made for each other!
When a rich little boy disappears from his luxurious home, his parent and neighbours are frantic with worry. But three local children get special help from his dog, and follow a series of unexpected clues to find him in a most unlikely spot!
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