It was a quarter past midsummer. In a garden, next to a lane, Badger the Mystical Mutt had gathered all the ingredients for his fabulous new spell. Meanwhile, in the lane at the bottom of the garden, all was not well. Hamish, the floppy-eared spaniel, was running for his life.
Timmy - the cat with the crumpled ear and six-and-a-half senses - desperately wants to join Badger's the Mystical Mutt's gang, but no cat has ever been allowed to join the notorious all-dog group. To help him, Badger needs to visit Crystal Cave, but the Wim-Wim is suffering from a crumpled crankshaft and is going nowhere. Can Badger make alternative travel arrangements?
Ewwwww! winced Badger the Mystical Mutt burying his nose in his neckerchief. What a pong! It was a half past elevenses and all was not well in the lane . . . or in Badgers tummy. A mysterious and extremely whiffy smell has caused the Pong Police to close the lane.Now Cheryl with a C the dancing diva who put the wah-wah in Chihuahua has nowhere to practise for Anton Du Barks Hotpaws Barking Boogie and she needs a partner!Newly appointed leader of the gang Dodgy Dave has a secret hes not keen to share.Can the Alley Cats help bring the lane back to life and can Buddy Bites get Cheryl off spicy fajitas for everWith his haphazard magic an appetite for toast and his Wim-Wim for a Wowser will Badger the Mystical Mutt save the day
It's the night of the gang re-union party and a dense fog has descended on the Lane. But there's something and someone missing - Badger's prized neckerchief, and Pickle's best pal, Pogo Paws.
FANTASY & MAGICAL REALISM (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). In this, the second book in series two of Badger the Mystical Mutt, the famous travelling machine has to shape-shift; Badger hooks up with a Narwhal and has to endure a muzak concert from the Electric Eel Band and a mud bath from the Baroness. Ahoy! Badger's on board so there can only be trouble ahead, but is his wonky magic waterproof?. Ages 9+
At the annual Cloud Summit in The Mopery, there s a dastardly plot afoot to snatch the North Star and stop its return to the North Pole. If the plan succeeds then the world will darken and Christmas won t happen. Accompanied by a snow goose in pink wellies and an awardwinning super-dog, will Badger and his new friends survive The Bobsleigh Burrow and the Panic Station and manage to rescue the star before the stroke of midnight on Christmas Eve? And will Badger really abandon his grumpy cloud friend Nippy Nimbus once and for all, to save Christmas? With so much at stake, the Mystical Mutt needs his haphazard spells to work more than ever.