The Pocket Dogs by Margaret Wild
The Pocket Dogs by Margaret Wild
The Pocket Dogs by Margaret Wild
The Pocket Dogs by Margaret Wild

The Pocket Dogs by Margaret Wild

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Illustrated by Stephen Michael King

*YABBA (Young Australian Best Book Awards) – Winner, 2002
*CBCA Book of the Year: Early Chilhood Award – Shortlist, 2001
*Australian Publishers Association Design Award – Shortlist, 2001
*ABBA, KOALA, BILBY Shortlist, 2001

Biff and Buff are two tiny, cute dogs. Everyday events like visiting the supermarket, going to the sea or finding a lost kitten become giant adventures for these two characters . . . but at the end of the day there’s no place like the security of Mr Pockets’ big coat pockets.

Condition: Good condition with very minor wear to the edges and a sticker label on the title page
Format: Paperback
Age: 3-5

Margaret Wild was born in South Africa and came to Australia in 1972. She has been a journalist on newspapers and magazines, and she worked as a book editor in children's publishing for sixteen years, responsible for managing and commissioning a large range of titles.

She has written more than seventy books and has been published around the world. Her numerous awards and distinctions include the Children’s Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year Award for Jenny Angel, illustrated by Anne Spudvilas; The Very Best of Friends, illustrated by Julie Vivas; and Fox, illustrated by Ron Brooks. In 2008 she received the Nan Chauncy Award for an outstanding contribution to children’s literature in Australia. Margaret Wild was the winner of the 2011 Lady Cutler Award. She lives in Sydney and writes full time.

Stephen Michael King was born in Sydney in 1963, the child of a bank manager and a schoolteacher. He ‘grew up in a house filled with books’. As a child he loved books with pictures in them, and when he was older he read biographies about his favourite artists: Picasso, Chagall, Maurice Sendak, and others. He worked for three years as a children’s library assistant, and for two years with Walt Disney before becoming an illustrator/designer with Scholastic Australia. He is married, with two young children, and lives in Sydney.

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