Matty Doolin

Oxford Bookworms Library. — 52 p. Retold by Diane Mowat. Matty is fifteen and is leaving school in a few weeks’ time. He wants to work with animals, and would like to get a job on a farm. But his parents say he’s too young to leave home – he must stay in the town and get a job in ship-building, like his father. They also say he can’t go on a camping holiday with his friends. And they say he can’t keep his dog, Nelson, because Nelson barks all day and eats his father’s shoes.