First published in hardback in Great Britain by HarperCollins Children’s Books 2016
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Illustrations © Jim Field 2016
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Source ISBN: 9780008185145
Edition © 2016 ISBN: 9780008191016
Version: 2018-08-23
To Pip, Tiger, Monkey, Ron and Chairman Meow
Contents
Chapter One: Enormous furry ears
Chapter Two: 700 cats, 800 dogs and five giraffes
Chapter Three: Mini-coloured Munch Balls
Chapter Four: The Monkey Moment
Chapter Five: The last present
Chapter Eleven: Benny and Bjorn
Chapter Twelve: A sudden chill
Chapter Thirteen: Manky lettuce
Chapter Fourteen: That’s porpoises
Chapter Sixteen: Slurp slurp slurp
Chapter Seventeen: Catamanny story
Chapter Twenty-One: Goaty McGoatface
Chapter Twenty-Two: Blades at the ready
Chapter Twenty-Three: Run run run!
Chapter Twenty-Four: Brill poo
Chapter Twenty-Five: A lovely name
Chapter Twenty-Six: Bring me a manky apple
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Oh-so-clever pig
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Whaaaaaaaaarrggggghhh …!!
Chapter Thirty: Cute but sad and lost
Chapter Thirty-One: A horse, a piglet, two bigger pigs, three sheep, a cat and a dog