Bøker av Julie Folkers

Mr. Arthur is fed up with Miss Echo,A puppy who is causing mischief and mayhem!He can't keep up with her antics as he tries to keep her out of trouble.She flies from one disaster to another with him on her tail!But has she gone too far?The Grumpy Toad thinks so - she's pulling his home out of the pond!What does he have in store for her?And who else has moved into the house to cause mischief?Can the dogs unite to keep the peace in their home?

Snaky Snooks and Shabby the Terrible Breeder Rastas the rat is back! He's exploring the neighbourhood again and stumbles onto a foul-smelling house. Why does it smell? He must explore!Dogs, all locked up in runs with a terrible owner!Can he help them escape?Join the rollicking read of the dogs' escape! But what to do with so many dogs?Snaky might help - he's the only human Rastas knows.Magic School, Professor Clunk and Dimension 4 here we come!

Snaky and Sparky are both boys who struggle with school. The kids see them as having disabilities and they get teased and bullied. Snaky has an eating and farting problem and has a habit of collapsing on the playground when he does fart!Sparky also has periods of blanking out!They find each other and form a firm friendship. One day a man enters their lives and it changes everything for them. Turns out their hindrances are gifts! But how to master them? Join the boys on this rollicky read as they meet magical creatures and a school for the gifted and Dimension 4!

Echo is a German Shepard puppy and she bounds in to wake the old boy up. Arthur the 93kg English Mastiff who sleeps most days - all days.She is full of energy and pure mischief. The old boy keeps telling her off and trying to pull her into line.She wants to play! He wants to sleep!Mischief is afoot and she has the gold fish pond lined up for today's fun!Strutting off she heads for the Lilly pads and is knee deep in water and trying to dislodge them from the mud. Arthur thinks he best see what she is up to. She is always into mischief when their owner is at work and he's sick and tired of being blamed for her mayhem.Echo is yanking on the Lilly pad when a toad suddenly appears and demands she leave his home alone! The toad keeps eyeballing her when Arthur arrives and saves the day by lifting her out of the pond by the scruff of her neck. He plonks her inside the house. She sleeps for a while.Next the clothesline would be good fun! Nothing on it but spies the clotheshorse and attacks that eventually jamming her head in the rungs. A whimper or two will get the old boy and he'll help free her. Arthur is not impressed. The woodpile is next. Arthur finds wood strewn all over and tidies up. Meanwhile she is off to the pond. Myra, their owner arrives home, picks the clothes up and greets the dogs. Echo heads for the fishpond again. Arthur catches her again. One look at Echo and Myra decides its bath time. Pond water stinks!Back to the fishpond, this time the Grumpy Toad warns her if don't stop destroying my home, he might destroy hers. Echo think rubbish, what can you do to me!The little brain cells are slowly lighting up for Echo. Very, very slowly but happening.She yanks the lilly pad out and destroys them, there are still more lilly pads but the Grumpy toad is defending his turf!Another bath!Nighttime comes and a vase is found broken. Neither of them did that!Morning comes, Myra heads to work and back to the fishpond and destroys two Lilly pads, then the toilet paper, then onto the brazier full of ashes! Then onto the broom until there are no bristles left.She heads off to her cubbyhole in the garden for a nap!But wait something is making her itch! Seems the Grumpy toad has left a trap for her. Fleas! Echo is desperate for a bath. The Grumpy Toad appears and tells her if she wants war she will have it and reveals that Rastas the rat has moved in and he is probably the one who broke the vase. Echo agrees to behave and her and Mr Arthur decide they have a rat to deal to.

The Chronicles combines all the books of the Dreamland series into a novel for older readers. Meet Mr Arthur a rather humongous dog, an English Mastiff.And his new puppy, a German Shepard called Echo.Echo is making his life a misery.She is destroying anything she can and he's trying to keep her out of trouble.The Grumpy Toad gets most upset when she picks on his home.Revenge is in the pipeline!**The Gypsy dance is on! The rats change houses once a year and it's that time again.Rastas and his family are moving into Broomstick Way but lookout for the dogs.What's with the note that the last rat left, warning him to beware of the dogs and the mafia rat at the local dump?Rastas is about to be thrown into trouble, trouble and more trouble as he tries to set up home.****What is happening at Broomstick Way now?Rastas can't keep out of trouble, seems it's finding him this time.Rastas decided to be friendly and meet the neighbours.Not so good an idea when the neighbour you want to meet is a Mafia boss and his gang called the Bunkies.They run the area from the local dump!******Who is Mrs Bottomsley and her botanicals?Christmas is coming and Mum decides to treat the kids to a magical train ride.The kids don't know they're magical!It's going via the North Pole and a visit to Santa's workshop.Chloe finds a stone left on the toilet cistern and pockets it and goes in search of the lady who was there before her.All sorts of weird things start happening!Is it the stone?Is it a wishing stone?It's a willy wonky wishing stone if that's the case.>Enjoy the read!

The Gypsy dance is on! The rats change houses once a year and it's that time again. Rastas and his family are moving into Broomstick Way but lookout for the dogs. And what's with the note that the last rat left, warning him to beware of the dogs and the mafia rat at the local dump? Rastas is about to be thrown into trouble, trouble and more trouble as he tries to set up home. Join Arthur and Miss Echo and the grumpy toad and a few new characters as the story unfolds.