Author:Dick King-Smith,Jo Davies
Dumpling wishes she was long and sausage-shaped like her two brothers and other dachshunds, instead of being short and stumpy. One day she goes to the woods and meets a witch's cat who grants Dumpling her wish, but the spell goes wrong and Dumpling gets longer and longer! She's very happy to return to her own shape again.
Compelling reading . . . Sensitively depicted
—— GuardianAtmospheric and intriguing . . . The quality of the writing never flags
—— Daily TelegraphThis novel braids the fantastic and the everyday together into a very skilful and readable story, full of real emotions and fairytale echoes
—— CarouselA finely choreographed novel of displacement, death and friendship
—— Oxford Times