Collection: Junior Fiction Paperback

Mucky Pup is getting under his family's feet. It's Christmas Day tomorrow. But Mucky Pup doesn't know what Christmas is. So he goes to find his friend Pig. Perhaps he will know about this Christmas thing. But Pig doesn't and so what anyway?

Erica loves to dream beneath her dreaming tree, a cherry tree at the end of the road where she lives. But one day in spring when her tree is in its full glory, she discovers that it is to be chopped down so that the road can be widened.

All the animals on the farm are sleeping happily - until Dog starts to snore! On and on, he snores through the night while the other animals grow angrier and sleepier by the minute. Something will have to be done.

Twins Matt and Emily Calder can bring art to life and enter paintings at will. They must do everything in their power to prevent a breach in Hollow Earth: a supernatural place that holds all the demons, devils and creatures ever imagined.

The story of a young boy Borrower who disappears whilst borrowing parsley. Also in this volume is "Paul's Tale" - the excitement starts when Paul finds a miniature man under the chicken house. Mary Norton is the author of "The Borrowers", "Bedknob and Broomstick" and "The Borrowers Aloft".

The Baron Fatsophilus Fitzpugwash (Fatso for short) is a recently discovered ancestor of Captain Pugwash. First he's made Admiral of the Fleet - but he's terrified of water. Then he must pay to feed and entertain the King and his entire court - but he hates spending any money.

Four stories featuring Captain Pugwash and his motley crew, in which Pugwash dreams he's being made to walk the plank, is given a parrot which foils Cut Throat Jake, and buys a pigwig which turns the entire crew into vegetarians.

The third in the "Ruby in the Smoke" series. Sally is now 24, an unmarried mother of the two year old Harriet, living comfortably in Twickenham. A complete stranger claims to be the father of Harriet and Sally runs away with her daughter, in order to keep her in her care.

Hand-picked by the author himself, this collection of stories contains Paul Jennings' trademark style and wit.