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I first fell in love with Dog when he [[Dog on a Train: The Special Delivery by Kate Prendergast|returned Boy's hat to him]] and strangely enough it's only a few days ago that I had another look at that story. It's one of the few books which I've reviewed which I've kept and I've been quietly hoping that I would see more of Dog. Sometimes the reviewing gods are good to me and ''Dog on a Digger: The Tricky Incident'' landed on my desk just a couple of days ago. You can tell how popular Dog is - when I mentioned that there was another book about him people in an office which sees thousands of books a year smiled and actually pulled out chairs so that they could sit and have a look at what he was up to now. The ''Dog'' books are not ones to rush: they're ones to savour.

Best of all though is the sequence where the Pup is rescued. My heart was in my mouth! I was terrified that something would happen to Dog or the Pup, or both: this wasn't just a story - it was real, very real. The drawings are exquisite, but there's a great story in there too, so it looks as though I'm going to have to find space for another book on my you're-not-taking-this-away-under-any-circumstances shelf. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag.