Buddy is a normal 7-year-old growing up in a normal family in a normal town. His best friend is a cocker spaniel named Billy who is not so normal: He can make himself understood by humans without words & can talk to other animals. Billy's best friend is the family's tortoise Caroline. Together Billy & Buddy get up to all sorts of mischief gently tormenting those around them. The family setting is overflowing with love & tenderness & the duo's pranks are guaranteed to make readers of all ages roar with laughter.