The Dottington family are all scared of something or other, so they decide to get a dog. They return from the Dogs" Home with a large grey dog called Hero - but he"s a true Dottington Dog, because he"s scared of everything. But in comforting Hero, the others forget their own fears. Diana Hendry is the author of tale such as "Christmas in Exeter Street"; "Kid Kibble"; "Wonderful Robert and Sweetie-Pie Nell"; "Hetty"s First Fling"; "Midnight Pirate"; "Fiona Finds Her Tongue", shortlisted for the Smarties Prize; and the Walker doubles, "Hannah and Darjeeling" and "The Dream Camel and the Dazzling Cat". She has also written two novels, "Double Vision" and "Harvey Angell", the latter of which won the 1991 Whitbread Children"s Novel Award. Margaret Chamberlain has illustrated titles such as "The Best Thing of All" and "The Enchanted Flute", as well as "A Piece of String is a Wonderful Thing" and "The Wheeling and Whirling-Around Book".