. . . like jelly and ice cream, like buckets and spades, and like Flora and her dog Poddy. But when Flora goes to visit Gran, Poddy has to stay at home and nothing is much fun. And then Poddy realises it's not just Flora he's missing, but his tail seems to have disappeared too! When will Flora come home, and where on earth is Poddy's tail?

An endearing and amusing tale about a little girl and her much-loved dog.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 2010 by Pan Macmillan .

Paula Metcalf is a talented author and illustrator who has been Highly Commended in the Macmillan Prize for Illustration. Paula has written and illustrated many picture books, including Poddy and Flora . Paula was previously Illustrator-in-Residence at the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Buckinghamshire, and she now runs popular workshops in schools.