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About the Author
Catherine Pickles is an author, journalist and blogger who lives in Suffolk with her husband and nearly grown-up children. As a child, her home was filled with dogs, cats and every stray, broken or rescued animal in the village. She is an experienced foster-carer of lurchers and other sighthounds. Initially a foster dog, from the second Worzel skidded through the door, Catherine knew that he would be her first "failed foster." Worzel Wooface was adopted from Hounds First Sighthound Rescue. His mission in life is to eat every shoe his Dad owns. Tolerant of the 5 cats who live with him, his favourite is Gandhi who he considers to be an honorary lurcher.As well as writing books, Worzel blogs and writes a regular column for his local newspaper. He is a champion for rescue dogs and considers himself a Rescue Ambassador, promoting the joys and challenges of second-hand dogs.He can usually be found upside down on any bed other than his own, often with one of his Dad's shoes that he's looking after. And licking.In 2016, Worzel won a Heroes of Dog Fest award.
Reviews
Yippee... delighted that there is a third book in this great series. This is Worzel's third year and the story continues for this fantastic lurcher and his so funny family. All about more adventure of Worzel's life all told through the eyes of a dog. Very very funny throughout, but also totally real and true to life. Beautiful pictures to enhance the stories are also included. Totally delighted with the third book of this series, I think they just get better and better, and long may it last! - Dog Training Weekly. Worlds Ace Woofer Does It Again. The third volume of the international acclaimed Lurcher Chronicles surpasses its predecessors. Experience Perceptual Positions Exercises according to Worzel. Open the door in your mind for Worzel to bound in and compel you to play. See the world Worzel's Way. You will be captivated by the principles of canine etiquette, by how a dog engages with the struggles and successes of his famberly. Discover how a Lurcher negotiates locks and International Dipple-O-matic Duties in the Netherlands. Become politically savvy as Worzel campaigns again cow sills banning his kind from Southward beaches. Worzel Wooface is a literary giant among canines, a philosopher and witty, perceptive poet. Worzel reaches across the canine-human divide to communicate with all humans about being a three-year-old adolescent/adult lurcher. - Geelong Obedience Dog Club. Catherine Pickles is a full-time family carer, writer and blogger. It is interesting to note that her blog about Worzel reached the final of the UK Blog Awards in 2015. Catherine has fostered numerous sighthounds for Hounds First Sighthound rescue. With "Three Quite Very Actual Cheers for Worzel Wooface!" she once again reveals a genuine fair for engaging narration and original storytelling. An inherently fascinating and extraordinarily entertaining read from cover to cover, "Three Quite Very Actual Cheers for Worzel Wooface!" is recommended. - Midwest Book Review.
Book Information
ISBN 9781787110588
Author Catherine Pickles
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint Veloce
Publisher David & Charles