Best Friends Forever

Name: Best Friends Forever
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9781474931984
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By Claire Barker

Series: Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog

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Best Friends Forever follows Knitbone Pepper, a friendly ghost dog haunting the crumbling Starcross Hall alongside other ghostly pets. When Knitbone learns that the Hall is up for sale and Winnie Pepper's family might have to leave their beloved home, he and his spectral friends set out to help save it.
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Best Friends Forever by Claire Barker features Knitbone Pepper, a friendly ghost dog, who haunts the crumbling Starcross Hall alongside a group of other ghostly pets. However, Knitbone's world turns topsy-turvy when he discovers that the Hall is up for sale. His beloved owner, Winnie Pepper, and her eccentric family are about to lose their cherished home.

Knitbone, smelling a rat, wonders if he and his ghostly gang of animal friends can come to the rescue and help Winnie save Starcross Hall.

Illustrations: Full colour throughout

Series: Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog

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Best Friends Forever

Part of a collectable series starring Knitbone Pepper, Ghost Dog. Meet Knitbone Pepper, the lovable ghost dog haunting Starcross Hall and collect all his adventures! Knitbone Pepper has made lots of new animal friends since becoming a ghost dog. But his beloved owner, Winnie, is missing him. Can the ghostly gang come up with a plan to help Winnie see...

By Claire Barker

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Best Friends Forever

Best Friends Forever by Claire Barker features Knitbone Pepper, a friendly ghost dog, who haunts the crumbling Starcross Hall alongside a group of other ghostly pets. However, Knitbone's world turns topsy-turvy when he discovers that the Hall is up for sale. His beloved owner, Winnie Pepper, and her eccentric family are about to lose their cherished home. Knitbone, smelling a...

By Claire Barker

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$14⁹⁹

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781474931984

Publisher: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Usborne Publishing Ltd

Contributors:

Illustrated by Ross Collins

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 256

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About the Author

Claire Barker graduated from Bath Spa University with a degree in English Literature and History. She studied illustration for a further two years and worked as a teaching assistant for several more. Claire used to live on narrowboats but now lives with her family on a small, untidy farm in deepest, darkest Devon. When she's not busy writing or illustrating she spends her days wrestling sheep, battling through nettle patches and triumphantly catching rogue chickens. Author Location: Devon, UK Ross Collins is an award-winning illustrator who has worked on over 100 books, including titles by authors such as Michael Morpurgo, Julia Donaldson, Francesca Simon and Ali Sparkes. He has also written over a dozen picture books, including The Elephantom, which has now been brought to the stage at London's Royal National Theatre by the creative team behind "War Horse". Ross studied at the Glasgow School of Art, achieving a first in Illustration, and winning the MacMillan Children's Book Prize for his first book The Sea Hole the same year. Illustrator Location: Glasgow

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