A hilarious new picture book by Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner Peter
Bently and bestselling illustrator Tom McLaughlin.
Sausage dog Hal loves his trusty old blanket and takes it everywhere,
even though his friends all say that it makes him look like
a sausage covered in mustard. From the beach to the zoo, wherever
Hal goes his blanket goes with him. Little do Hal's friends know
just how useful it might turn out to be when a thunderstorm strikes
and Hal manages to rescue his canine chums using that scruffy
old blanket!
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Peter Bently is the award-winning author of around seventy books for young children. He grew up in an army family and went to ten schools as far apart as Devon, Germany and Hong Kong. Both his parents told him bedtime stories (like the one about Mowberley, the boy who tunnelled to Australia) and he still believes this is crucial in developing a child's imagi
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Having started life as a political cartoonist and then an animator, Tom McLaughlin is now best-known for his picture books, including The Diabolical Mr Tiddles, The Story Machine
