Jo wants a dog more than anything else in the world but her mum and dad think that it will be just too much mess and too much bother. And, besides, they have something much more exciting on the way - a baby! So, instead, Jo looks after the rabbits from school, collects ants and adopts a newt. But they're still not the same as a dog. It's not until Grandma comes along with a whole new perspective that Mum and Dad start to see things differently. Who knows, maybe Jo will get her dream dog after all.

 

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .

Kathy Henderson is an artist, printmaker and illustrator as well as an award-winning children's author. Her books include Lugalbanda: The Boy Who Got Caught Up In A War, The Little Boat and The Storm, shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal. She lives in London. Many of Manning & Granstrom's books are translated into a number of languages, including Chinese, German, Greek, Danish, Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish and Slovakian.