Anna Southwell

It’s another exciting day for the friends Pal, the border collie, and the piglets Pickle and Patsy. The newcomers have now happily settled into their new home in Harmony Haven, a secret place on the Isle of Wight. For today the friends will attend the serious ‘Ceremony of Vows’ where they, in front of everyone, will promise to be kind and caring to all of the members of this happy community. In charge of this ceremony is their loving guardian Oliver Gruffle with his amazing alien special powers. But with him is Obie Owl, the ‘Keeper of the Vows’, who is a very rude owl indeed. But will the ceremony be serious when Obie turns up with a fan of peacock feathers attached to his rear end. Further mayhem occurs when the magical cat Ben McRadich arrives, declaring himself to be a hero. He has captured the wanted mole and wants to claim the reward for this. But the real hero of this adventure is Hercules, the little robot boy, who is the one who captured the mole. Arriving on a cannon, if Ben does not tell the truth he intends to fire him into the air. But will Oliver Gruffle allow thi? ater, the friends meet Peter Pixie, who also has a reputation for being mischievous. Oliver decides to take the four friends on an adventure to the sorting office, where letters go before being sent to Father Christmas. Will Oliver regret this decision? He just might!

This magical story begins with three friends, who are unhappy on the farm where they live. Pal is a wise border collie dog, Pickle is a piglet who tends to be quite timid and Patsy, another piglet, who is his girlfriend.Pal overhears a conversation with the farmer, where they live, saying pigs on his farm are going to be made into sausages. He is devastated, but must save his friends. Luckily all the animals and small creatures know a secret! That the Isle of Wight, where the friends live, has a secret place. For this is where Harmony Haven can be found, and its guardian is the majestic and very powerful Oliver Gruffle who is our hero of these books. Pal knows how to reach this safe haven, so the three friends set off on their journey as runaways.Along the way they meet their guides. First there is a Galoak, a little wooden man, who makes them see how beautiful the world is. Their next guide is a grumpy badger, but here it is the friends who turn him into a happy and very interesting one through the adventures, which involves fighting giant moles, they share with him.With many magical adventures and so many amazing characters to meet, the runaways excitedly wait to meet their guardian Oliver Gruffle. How will they react when they find out he is an alien teddy bear from a planet far away who possesses Alien Special powers!

The adventures of three animal friends who live on the beautiful Isle of Wight. The friends are Pal, a wise border collie dog and the two piglets Patsy and Pickle.It was Pal to the rescue when he found out the piglets were doomed and were going to be made into sausages. Luckily Pal had been told of how they should travel to reach the safe and secret place known as Harmony Haven. After many exciting adventures they arrive at this magical place. There they meet its guardian, the magnificent Oliver Gruffle. Although looking like a large teddy bear, Oliver is in fact an alien being.But what teddy bear has a golden star on his forehead, human looking hands and alien special powers? Well, Oliver has.Surrounded by talking animals and strange beings, the friends love their new home and they love Oliver Gruffle too. Little do they know they are going to have more exciting adventures that will be just MAGICAL.How will Oliver Gruffle react when he finds out a grey squirrel called Sizzle is looking for Harmony Haven. The island is a haven for red squirrels only. So what will happen if Sizzle Squirrel dares to come to the island?Luckily Pal has been told of the way they should travel to reach the safe and secret place known as Harmony Haven.