Филиппа Пирс

Ben Blewitt is desperate for a dog. He's picked out the biggest and best dogs from the books in the library - and he just knows he's going to get one for his birthday. Ben is excited when the big day arrives, but he receives a picture of a dog instead of a real one! But the imagination can be a powerful thing, and when Ben puts his to work, his adventures really begin.

Sid, Peggy and Amy adore the two gerbils, Bubble and Squeak, but their mother detests them. A major family battle results, and it's clear life is never going to be quite the same again. But after a near fatal encounter between Bubble and Ginger the cat, Mrs Sparrow begins to see that life with 2 gerbils might not be so bad after all.

Lying awake at night, Tom hears the old grandfather clock downstairs strike ...eleven ...twelve ...thirteen ...Thirteen! When Tom gets up to investigate, he discovers a magical garden. A garden that everyone told him doesn't exist. A garden that only he can enter ...A Carnegie-Medal-winning modern classic that's magically timeless.

Быстрей, быстрей, шептал дом, а старинные часы позади тревожно тикали. Том вышел через черный ход. Сперва он просто удивился, потом возмутился. Они сказали: "Там ничего интересного для тебя нет, Том. Там только задний двор со всяким мусором". Ничего... Только огромная лужайка и клумбы, высоченная ель и толстенные раскидистые тисы. От лужайки в глубь сада разбегаются дорожки в какой-то совсем друго...