She won a Carnegie Medal for TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN and a Whitbread Prize for THE BATTLE OF BUBBLE AND SQUEAK. She was a scriptwriter-producer for the BBC, a children's book editor and reviewer, a lecturer, a storyteller and freelance writer for radio and newspapers as well as writing some of the best-loved books of the 20th century. Philippa Pearce grew up in a millhouse near Cambridge and read English and history at Girton College. Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but he receives a picture of a dog instead of a real one! But the imagination can be a powerful thing, and when Ben puts his to work, his adventures really begin! He's picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library - and he just knows he's going to get one for his birthday. In A DOG SO SMALL young Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. Philippa Pearce's poignant story of a young boy who longs for a pet dog. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below, all with exciting new covers and fun-filled endnotes. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. ROLL OF THUNDER, HEAR MY CRY by Mildred D.A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime.

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A Dog So Small by Philippa Pearce