Marlon is now slightly older and is faced with the problem of how to amuse himself, having exhausted all the appeal of creating intergalactic battles with his long-suffering mum's furniture. "I wish I had someone to play with" complains Marlon, and goes off in search of companions Alligatina, Boomps-a-daisy and Basher.
He finds the friends dressed as the three Musketeers, but they're reluctant to let him join in their fun—"We'll think about it" being their refrain. Marlon persuades his mum and grumpy Granny to help him put together a dressing-up costume, but finds that his monster friends keep changing their game and he's still excluded! However, the tables are turned when Marlon's luxurious paddling pool appears in his back garden.
On The Way Home
"Well," said , "there was a very big, bad wolf . . . Claire has hurt her knee so she sets off home to tell her mum all about it.
On the way she meets her friends and tells them how the fall happened. But just how did it happen . ..?
Was she dropped by a wolf, a slithering snake, an enormous dragon or a hairy gorilla?! this is a fantastic journey of the imagination that every child can relate to.
 On the Way Home UK Release ISBN:978-0333324318 Published 19th August 1982 |  Le Genou De Julie France Release ISBN:9782227703940 Published 1st December 1982 |
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 Cosa ti sei fatta? Italy Release ISBN:978880473214 Published 9th March 2021 |  On the Way Home UK Release New Cover ISBN:9781529003062 Published 7th Feb 2019 |
 On the Way Home UK Release 1st Edition Paperback ISBN:9780333375723 Published 30th August 1984 |  On the Way Home UK Release New Cover Paperback ISBN:9780230015845 Published 6th July 2007 |
