When Denzil the dog-polisher and his dog Jack accept the challenge at the spring fair at Pudgley Bassett, little do they know what they have let themselves in for. Andrew Matthews was shortlisted for the Smarties Prize with his book Dr Monsoon Taggert's Amazing Finishing Academy.

 

There are 80 pages in this book. This book was published 1994 by Egmont UK Ltd .

Andrew Matthews is a celebrated children's author, who has written over fifty books and has twice been nominated for the Smarties prize. Giles Andreae and Russel Ayto are a dream picture book team, with multiple awards between them including the Federation of Children's Book Award, the Gold Award for the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize.