Home Farm Friends: A Short Story Collection
Old friends – new adventures! Speckle the Sheepdog in a watery challenge; Scott the Shetland pony in a hospital drama; Stanley the hamster in another daring episode and Spot the Dalmatian on the trail of a thief… plus other favourite characters in seven exciting new stories!

Christmas Special: Samantha the Snob
Samantha, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, is a Christmas guest at Doveton Manor. Helen and Hannah are looking forward to taking Speckle to meet the tlittle dog, but the snobby, snappy spaniel cuts their beloved sheepdog dead. So when precious pooch goes missing, should they even other to join the search?

Christmas Special: Scruffy the Scamp
It’s Christmas in Doveton and a naughty puppy causes mischief. The twins nickname him scruffy because he looks such a mess. He’s very sweet, but if his owner doesn’t keep him in check, Scruffy could end up in real trouble….

Christmas Special: Smarty the Outcast
Loyal old Smarty has retired from Manor Farm Riding School and moved to a new home with the Rodneys. But Helen and Hannah are worried that the pony is being ill-treated. They spot him in a windswept shelter with no rug and little protection from the cold winter weather. Should the twins offer to lend a hand or call the RSPCA?

Christmas Special: Smoky the Mystery
A grey kitten mysteriously turns up on Phoebe Watson’s doorstep but Phobe’s parents can’t take it in. They insist the kitten must go by Christmas! Hannah and helen’s efforts to help Phoebe find a new home for the kitten come to nothing – and, on Christmas Eve, with the deadline fast approaching, Phoebe and the kitten disappear. Can the twins help find the runaways?

Holiday Special: Stalky the Mascot
On Holiday in New Zealand with their cousins Mike and Martin James, Helen and Hannah help to rescue Stalky, and orphaned baby kiwi. They prepare to return him to the wild until they hear of a local landowner’s plans to build a new holiday resort right in the middle of his forest home. With his habitat under threat, Stalky’s whole future seems once more in doubt…

Summer Special: Stanley the Troublemaker
Stanley’s a champion hamster and he’s favourite to win the oveton Summer Show. But behind the scenes, rival owners are plotting, and when Stanly escapes from his cage just before judgeing begns, Helen and Hannah suspect someone’s let him out on purpose. The twins vow to find him – but Stanley’s not keen to be found…