Synopses & Reviews
"IT'S GOING TO BE WOOF-ONDERFUL!" There is nothing Nicky wants more in the world than a dog to play with. But Mum and Dad don't want a dog. Then Granddad has an idea - he and Nicky can make a dog: a snow-dome dog. Even better, he has some special clay, found at the end of a rainbow, so that the dog will be extra-special. Maybe even magic . . . Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and include notes be reading specialist Prue Goodwin, honorary fellow of the University of Reading.
About the Author
Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes, including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for Hacker, the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for Thief! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Pig-Heart Boy. Her novel Noughts and Crosses has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002.