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A story about friendship, courage and a brave dog. All the sick people in the Children's Ward feel better when Fiet the Hospital Dog has visited. And when a boy is in danger, Fiet doesn't hesitate for a moment. A story about friendship, courage and a brave dog.

Polar bears play in the snow, tigers hunt in the jungle, fireflies twinkle in the evening sky and nightingales sing in the heart of the forest - animals are everywhere. The poems in this wonderful collection are beautifully illustrated and packed with quirky facts about animals of every colour, shape and size - from giant blue whales to hog-nosed bats as small as a toffee. With words by children's author Nicola Davies and illustrations by one of the world's best illustrators, Petr Horácek, this book celebrates the animal world in all its dazzling variety and majesty.

December is certain that she is actually a bird... December is almost twelve. She has lived in foster homes for a large part of her life. But she doesn't care. She is certain that she will soon grow wings and fly away. The scar on her back is proof of that. She jumps from increasingly higher trees in the hope that her wings will break through. But then she ends up with Eleanor: a woman who takes in wild animals and also loves birds. And December gets a girlfriend. Does she actually still want to fly away? She keeps practicing to be sure...