Dogger - Shirley Hughes

Dogger written and illustrated by Shirley Hughes The Story Dogger is a soft brown toy dog who belongs to Dave. Dogger is very well loved and a little worn in places. Dave loves Dogger and takes him everywhere with him. Dave's baby brother Joe likes hard toys; Bella Dave's big sister takes seven teddies to bed with her. Dave likes only Dogger. One afternoon when they where picking Bella up from school they noticed the school was going to have a summer fair men where putting flags up, Dave put Dogger up to the railings to show him. On the way home Dave was very quiet. When bed-time came he said"I want Dogger" but Dogger ...

Dave a little boy has a stuffed toy dog called Dogger who he loves very much and takes everywhere with him, wholst out one day he looses Dogger, they search high and low for him but cant find him anywhere. On the day of the fete Dave sees Dogger for sale on a stall but doesnt have the money to buy him so goes off to find his sister to ask her to buy him back for him but as they return to the stall Dogger has just been sold to another little girl. Dave is destraught but his sister saves the day. This is a lovely book but it makes me cry every time i read it, i know im too old to be being silly now but i cant help it. I lost a little ...

Dogger by Shirley Hughes After another recent trip to the library I found this book that look ever so familiar to me. I didn't think to much about it at the time but when I got home and began to read it to Jack I realised that this was one of the many books that I had read or indeed owned when I was a lot younger. The Bodley Head Children's Books first published the book way back in 1977. The RRP on the back of the book is £7.99pence but this copy is a hardback one. I am glad I have borrowed it from the library because I do think that this price is a little steep for a children's book. The illustrations in the book look like water ...