Dogbird by Paul Stewart
Woof! Woof! Woof! When Alice chose a budgie for a pet, Mum and Dad thought it was the perfect pet - until they try to teach it to talk. For Dogbird will only bark. But its bark is to prove very useful indeed when Grandma becomes the target of burglars...Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and include notes be reading specialist Prue Goodwin, honorary fellow of the University of Reading.