The Books, The Charaters and The Author

Meeting Messy

Available 30 June 2025


Penfold and Mossop go on holiday to Scotland where they meet Angus, Sky and Messy, the Loch Ness Monster's cousin. Read all about their adventure with Messy and how they help him become tidy, even if only for a little while.

The Adventure Books

The Missing Food

Vinnie is not very happy, his food keeps going missing and he is very hungry. Penfold and Mossop help Vinnie solve the mystery of the missing food and make some new friends along the way.

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The Ball Under The Chair

Uncle Sooty loves playing with his ball. It's his favourite thing to do. The problem is that his ball keeps getting stuck under the chair. His friends Penfold, Mossop and Rocket all help him retrieve his ball so he can keep playing.

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The Rabbit In The Garden

Obi, the rabbit comes to visit Penfold and Mossop’s garden. There are lots of tasty flowers in the garden. Much to Penfold’s dismay, Obi eats quite a lot of them. Penfold, Mossop and Obi make friends and they convince Obi to try some different flowers that Mossop knows his humans won’t miss.

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The Stolen Plant Pots

Plant pots have been stolen. The neighbours of Penfold and Mossop have been targeted - their lovely flowers, missing. Penfold and Mossop embark on a night full of adventure as they help Officer Charlie, the police dog, catch the thief.

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The Birthday Party

It's Penfold's birthday and he's very excited. He's having a birthday party and Mossop, Rocket and Uncle Sooty will all be there to celebrate. Join in with all their fun as they play games, enjoy party food and open presents with their humans and Nana and Grandad.

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The Railway Walk

Join Penfold, Mossop and their friend Teddy as they go for a lovely walk in the countryside and meet lots of other animals and see some old friends.

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A Day At The Park

Penfold, Mossop, Rocket and Uncle Sooty enjoy a day at the park. They meet Sophie who is scared and show her all the fun things they enjoy in the park so she isn’t scared anymore.

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Helping Nana and Grandad

Nana has a poorly hip and has to go into Hospital for an operation to stop it hurting. When she comes home, Penfold, Mossop and Uncle Sooty all help Grandad look after Nana until she is feeling all better.

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A Day At The Beach

Penfold and Mossop go to the beach for the day. They have lots of fun on the sand and in the sea. They even get to eat special doggy ice cream. Join them as they explore all the fun things to do at the beach.

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The Present Under The Tree

Penfold and Mossop enjoy Christmas. When the tree has been decorated, a big present wrapped in green and red paper appears. The present is for Penfold and Mossop but they can't open it until Christmas Day. As they wait excitedly, they, with their friends imagine all the things that might be wrapped up in the box.

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The Odd Socks

Penfold and Mossop's human doesn't like wearing socks. He takes them off as soon as he gets home. Mossop helps his other human tidy them up. The problem is on washing day his human can only find the odd socks. What has Mossop done with the other socks?

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A Trip To The Groomer

In order to keep their fur looking beautiful, Penfold and Mossop go on a trip to the Groomer. They have a wonderful time being pampered and come out looking fabulous.

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The Learn About Books

The Alphabet

With colourful pictures, Penfold and Mossop learn the letters of the alphabet.

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Numbers

With brightly coloured pictures, the loveable Penfold and Mossop, help you learn to count from 1 to 10.

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Colours

Penfold and Mossop enjoy learning about new things. In this book they learn about colours.

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Shapes

With brightly coloured pictures Penfold and Mossop help you learn about shapes.

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Animals

Penfold and Mossop love learning new things. On their trip to the zoo they meet some new zoo animals. On their trip to the farm they meet some new farm animals. On their walk they meet some animals that live in the countryside. A colourful and fun way to introduce children to popular animals, encouraging them to read and expand their vocabulary.

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Weather

Penfold and Mossop love learning new things. In this book, with colourful pictures, they learn about different types of weather.

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Time

Penfold and Mossop love learning new things. In this book, as they go through their day, they learn the first steps in how to tell the time. With clear analog clock faces children can learn the hours of the day starting at eight o clock in the morning when Penfold and Mossop wake up through to seven o clock a night when they go to bed.

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Opposites

Penfold and Mossop love learning about new things. In this book they learn all about opposites.

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Activity and Special Occasion Books

The Wedding Story and Activity Book

Join Penfold and Mossop as they, with the help of Little Rev, the vicar's cat, search for the missing wedding rings. The Best Man has lost them and now the wedding may not be able to go ahead. He needs help to save the Wedding. Following on from the charming and colourfully illustrated story, are a range of activities from very simple to more challenging to cater to a wider age range of children and to keep them engaged. They will be able to enjoy all sorts of activities from drawing and colouring, colour by numbers, mazes, word searches, spot the difference, to math and logic puzzles. All hand drawn by Hannah to make this a unique and special gift.

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The Alphabet Activity Book

Multifunctional activity book introducing children to the letters of the alphabet. Simple sentences encouraging children to learn to read and writing forms encouraging children to form both capital and lower case letters.

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Christmas Story and Activity Book

Hear the nativity story, the reason for the Christmas celebrations, as Uncle Sooty tells it to Penfold and Mossop. Then join Penfold, Mossop, Uncle Sooty and Rocket in lots of Christmas activities including mazes, spot the difference, word searches, hidden objects and colouring in. There are even some Penfold and Mossop Christmas jokes.

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Christmas Eve Adventures

Meet Santa Paws in Penfold and Mossop’s tribute to the poem, The Night Before Christmas.

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The Characters
Penfold
Who is Penfold you ask?

Penfold is a Cockapoo and the friendliest one you will ever meet.

He absolutely adores people and other animals and will say hello to everyone. He loves cuddles and will snuggle up on the sofa with you, putting his head on your legs.

His favourite thing to do is go for a walk and at the park he will run and run and run. He can run very fast. His favourite game is tug. 

Penfold is also very songful. He sings along to the emergency service sirens, he sings when he wants to play, he sings when its tea time and he sings when he wants to go outside.

Penfold lives with his brother Mossop and their humans Jake and Hannah. His favourite spot is curled up on the sofa.

His best friends (as well as Mossop) are Uncle Sooty and Rocket.

Mossop
Would you like to meet Mossop?

Mossop is Penfold's younger brother. He is a Cocker Spaniel.

Mossop gets up to quite a bit of mischief and always wants to be in the middle of whatever is going on. If grandad is filling the dishwasher, Mossop is right there trying to lick the dishes. If nana is cooking in the kitchen Mossop is there waiting to taste test the carrots or the roast beef.

In fact Mossop's most favourite thing is food. He often gets told off for trying to sneak some food off the table. He loves sausages and cheese (but he can only have these as a special treat). He also loves apples, carrots, cucumber and strawberries. Mossop is very clever. He knows that he has to sit on the floor quietly before he is given a treat. The he gobbles it up really quickly.

He is very loyal and loves having ear scratches. So much so he'll put his paw on your hand if you stop, to say keep going.

Other Characters 

Uncle Sooty

Uncle Sooty lives with Grandad and Nana. He is also a cocker spaniel and is the oldest in the family. He can sometimes be a bit grumpy but he secretly loves going on adventures with Penfold and Mossop. He loves chasing his ball. He could do it for hours and hours and hours.

Rocket

Rocket lives with Jake’s brother and his family. Rocket is a working cocker spaniel so he is full of energy and is very strong. He loves going swimming. It does mean he has to have lots of baths because he often chooses to go swimming in muddy water. When he’s had his bath and is sitting on the sofa in his bathrobe he loves you to hold his paw.

Jake and Hannah

Jake and Hannah are Penfold and Mossop’s humans. They love Penfold and Mossop very much and take them on lots of adventures. Penfold love curling up to Hannah on the sofa and Mossop jumps on Jake’s lap to have his ears scratched. Mossop often steals Jake's socks and Penfold brings his toys to Hannah to play tug.

Nana

Nana is Penfold's favourite human. He loves going to Nana's house. She throws the ball for him, gives him lots of treats and even lets him sleep on the sofa.

Grandad

Grandad is Mossop's favourite human. Grandad lets Mossop sit on his knee. Mossop also likes helping Grandad when he is filling the dishwasher.

Rocket’s Family

Rocket has four humans at home, Joe, Justine, Jack and Eva. They all love Rocket very much. Joe takes Rocket for long walks (and lets him go for a swim in the pond), Justine sneaks him tasty treats from the dinner table, Eva plays with him in the Living Room and Jack lets him sleep on his bed.

Officer Charlie

Officer Charlie used to live with grandad and nana. He had a lovely nature and was very friendly. He loved a fuss. He really did help the police capture a thief who had sneaked into the garden. He was a very brave boy.

Teddy

Teddy is a cockapoo, just like Penfold. Teddy is a lot older than Penfold. Penfold sometimes stays with Teddy when his humans are on holiday and sometimes they go for walks together. Teddy enjoys scrambled egg and ham every morning for breakfast.

Sophie

Sophie, is a scared greyhound who meets Penfold, Mossop, Rocket and Uncle Sooty in the park. She soon learns how to have lots of fun.

Vinnie

Vinnie is a rough but kind bulldog who lives around the corner from Penfold and Mossop. Vinnie loves having a nap. It’s one of his favourite things to do. He also loves eating, especially his dinner.

Jock

Jock is a happy dog. He is very furry and friendly. He lives with Hannah's best friend Leoni. He longs to stretch out on the sofa but he's only allowed on the floor.

Obi

Obi, is beautiful grey rabbit. She comes to visit Penfold and Mossop in their garden. She really enjoys nibbling on flowers for her lunch.

Santa Paws

Santa Paws delivers treats to good doggies all around the world on Christmas Eve in his festive airplane. His fur sparkles like snow.

Kitty

Kitty is very aloof. She lives opposite Penfold and Mossop and often sits in their front garden to have a sleep in the sunshine.

Angus

Angus is a very friendly Pointer. He was Penfold and Mossop’s holiday neighbour on their trip to Scotland.

Sky

Penfold met Sky on holiday. She has a beautiful singing voice. Penfold and Sky performed a duet with each other for their humans.

Messy

Messy is the Loch Ness Monster’s cousin. He’s a friendly monster but he has difficulty hearing.

Rev Julia and Little Rev

Rev Julia is the vicar at the local parish church. Together with her cat, Little Rev, she looks after the people in her community. One of her favourite responsibilities is to perform weddings. She’s very busy but always finds time to say hello to everyone.

 
 
The Author
Hannah Clark
Hannah, with her husband Jake, are the proud caregivers to Penfold and Mossop.

Inspired by her mother-in-law, and with the help of her father -in-law, Hannah has written and illustrated a collection of children's books loosely based on the adventures of her two woofers, who together with Uncle Sooty and Rocket get up to all sorts.

In honour of her own mum, who was a wonderful primary school teacher, Hannah has also created a series of early years educational books and primary school resources - the Penfold and Mossop Learn About series, some fun activity books and educational resources.

By day Hannah has a serious job in the legal profession. Writing about Penfold and Mossop's exploits has given her an outlet for her creative side and an opportunity to record some of the memories their two woofers and other family doggos create.

Hannah also gets involved in presenting story times for little ones to encourage a love for reading and exploring new stories.