Emma Chichester Clark re-affirms herself as one of our most popular children's illustrators in this gentle and poignant story told by Laura Cecil. Piper is a gentle and tenderhearted young dog. When the cruel Mr Jones takes him away from the contentment of his mother's home to catch rabbits in his garden, Piper finds himself spending a cold and lonely winter in the coal shed. It is then that he decides to run away and his adventure begins. . . .