The Peachey family is in crisis. No one cooks dinner, no one picks up the dirty washing and thekids are always late for school. All because Mum has resigned from being Mum and taken up yogainstead. She's in the tree pose; everyone else is in the doghouse. Except McTavish, a rescue dog witha difference, on a mission to sort his new family out...Filled to the brim with Meg's wry humour and beautiful prose, this is a story for the young and the young at heart.

A charming and witty take on a family going to the dogs and the dog who must save them, from the 2016 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award-winner. Filled to the brim with Meg's wry humour and beautiful prose and illustrated throughout in black and white, this is a story for the young and the young at heart.

About the Author
Meg Rosoff worked in publishing, journalism, politics and advertising before writing How I Live Now (which was released as a fea ture film starring Saoirse Ronan in 2013). Her books have won or been shortlisted for 18 international book prizes, including the Carnegie Medal and the Orange First Novel Prize, and been translated into over 20 languages. In 2016, Meg was the recipientof the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world's largest children's literature award.

Reviews

"Brilliantly charming and heartwarming ... full of spark, keen observations and sly humour" - BookTrust

"A sweetly humorous story" - Kirkus Reviews

"A work of gentle genius ... a witty, stylish, often hilarious delight" - Literary Review

"A clever, funny and extremely stylish novella, and a wonderful bit of domestic satire" - LoveReading4Kids

Awards
Short-listed for King's School Chester Award 2019. Long-listed for UKLA Award 2018. Nominated for Carnegie Medal 2018 and Kate Greenaway Medal 2018.



Book Information
ISBN 9781781126837
Author Meg Rosoff
Format Paperback
Page Count 104
Imprint Barrington Stoke Ltd
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers