The Puggle Tales are a group of seven books written by A. A. Barber. The titles are: *The Puggle Tales – Grandma Puggles Missing Silver Egg Timer (1981) *A Puggle Tale – All's Well That Ends Well (1982) – illustrated by Steph Campbell *An Uggle Tale – B.O. Has a High Old Time (1982) – illustrated by Chris Johnston *A Fruggle Tale – Geoffrey the Magician (1982) – illustrated by Chris Johnston *A Fruggle Tale – The Long and Short of it (1982) – illustrated by Steph Campbell *A Puggle Tale – Penelope's Surprise (1982) – illustrated by Chris Johnston *A Puggle Tale – Shruggle And The Egg (1982) – illustrated by Steph Campbell The Story of the Puggle: :Once upon a time there were four million, three thousand, two hundred and one ... Puggle, but now there are only a few bagfuls left. Puggle lived in the

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under the ground in

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s. They came out of their holes at night to feed on their favourite

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s! All night long they would puggle up every pea they could find, and as

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approached, it would "dawn" on them that they had to get back home.

Soft toys

A series of corresponding soft toys were sold for each of the five related species introduced in the tales. * Puggles, including the white polar puggle * Fruggles - green frog-like puggles with long rear legs * Uggles - hairy puggles * Shruggles * Gruggles

External links

The Lost Forests retail store

The Lost Forests, home of the Puggle (archived)
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