Finalist for the NZ Picture Book of the Year 1987

Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to get her poor dog a bone...

This picture book uses the traditional rhyme to explore the relationship between Mother Hubbard and her spoilt dog. Mother Hubbard is literally "run off her feet" fetching all manner of things to please her small pet.

"This wonderful dog was Dame Hubbard's delight,
He could read, he could dance, he could sing, he could write."