Hachette India

The 12th Dog

Charlotte Calder

Selected as a CBCA (Children's Books Council of Australia) Notable Book of the Year: Early Childhood 2017

In the summer holidays, a game of backyard cricket brings the whole neighbourhood together, and no one loves the game more than Arlo the dog. He's the fastest fielder there is, but there's a big problem: he never gives up the ball!

Forced to watch from the sidelines, Arlo is determined to get back on the team - he just needs to prove that he is a great cricketer after all.

THE 12th DOG captures the joy of backyard cricket and the hilarity of owning a dog.

Charlotte Calder

Charlotte Calder (Author)
Charlotte Calder's books include SETTLING STORMS CUPID PAINTED BLIND SURVIVING AMBER STUCK! and GHOST AT THE POINT. In past lives she has worked among other things as a photographer and an actor. She lives in Orange NSW and regularly speaks at schools and writers' festivals.

Tom Jellett (Illustrator)
Tom Jellett is an Australian illustrator based in Sydney. He has illustrated a number of books for children including AUSTRALIA AT THE BEACH by Max Fatchen WHY I LOVE FOOTY by Michael Wagner THE GOBBLEDYGOOK IS EATING A BOOK by Justine Clarke and Arthur Baysting MY DAD THINKS HE'S FUNNY by Katrina Germein and the follow up MY DAD STILL THINKS HE'S FUNNY. Tom has also been an editorial illustrator for THE AUSTRALIAN the WEEKEND AUSTRALIAN and the DAILY TELEGRAPH.