Alfie the deerhound is a large grey puppy. He loves his boy Charlie, and cheese, and he's very good at digging holes. But poor Alfie has got lost and he's scared - of thunderstorms and being hungry and never seeing Charlie again . . .

Meanwhile, Charlie doesn't know what to do - but one thing is for sure: he'll never stop looking for his dear hound. Can Alfie ever find his way back to Charlie - and his great big squashy beanbag in the kitchen?

Written and illustrated by Jill Murphy, the creator of the much-loved Worst Witch series and picture book classics such as Peace at Last and The Large Family.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 175 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Walker & Co .

Jill Murphy's books sell in their hundreds of thousands. Her book, THE LAST NOO-NOO, won the Smarties Prize.