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Bryce passes his swimming test.
Illustration by Helen Flook
Bryce is fed up. He's had a test every day this week: four tests already, and it's only Thursday!
On Monday he had a swimming test. He had to swim all the way across the pool. He had to work his arms as hard as windmills, and the water splashed in his eyes. But he made it to the other side.
Then on Tuesday there was another test...
But what sort of test would Bryce really like?
Ruggles is a dog for all seasons. Spring, summer, autumn, winter... each provides plenty of opportunity for him to go roaming in this delightful dog's-eye view of the changing year. He's not as young as he used to be but he still knows exactly what he wants - and how to get it. But even an adored pet with wanderlust in his blood can tire of adventuring when there's a chill in the air outside and a warm hearth indoors...
The paperback edition is now once more in print, with a slightly revised cover and the original glorious pictures by Ruth Brown, one of Britain's best-loved children's illustrators.
More about Ruggles, an enduringly popular picture book by Anne Fine and Ruth Brown.
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