Grandma’s Lost Her Corgis

This scribblers book belongs to:

Joy – For my much loved mother, Joy Constance, who delighted in everything royal.

– with love from her Jenny – For Mieke Tafa, own Gan Gan.

This edition published in Great Britain in MMXXI

by Scribblers, an imprint of The Salariya Book Company Ltd 25 Marlborough Place, Brighton BN1 1UB www.salariya.com

HB ISBN-13: 978-1-913337-36-0 135798642 A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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Text © Joy H. Davidson MMXX Illustrations © Jenny Cooper MMXX English language © The Salariya Book Company Ltd MMXXI First published in New Zealand by DHD Publishing Ltd Original title: Grandma’s lost her corgis!

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Grandma’s her lost

corgis!

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Gre a tactu Grandma , a l l y.

Grandma’s lost her corgis

and we don’t know what to do.

She left them in the garden when she went to change her shoes.

We’ve searched around the palace and in the gardens too, Because Grandma’s lost her corgis and we don’t know what to do.

Grandma’s lost her corgis and

we don’t know where to look.

We checked around her office and her favourite reading nook.

We’ve searched inside the red box and underneath her books, Because Grandma’s lost her corgis and we don’t know where to look.

Grandma’s lost her corgis and she’s really not amused!

We questioned all her footmen and the butlers too.

We’ve even called the dog pound and visited the zoo, Because Grandma’s lost her corgis and she’s really not amused.