Plum has lots of favourite things: catching sticks, her bear, her bed - but really LOVE is her absolute favourite thing. She loves her family, and they love her. But trouble loves Plum too; sometimes she just can't help doing slightly naughty things. Will everyone still love Plum then? An exuberant celebration of love, mischief and a very childlike joie-de-vivre. Emma Chichester Clark began the website Plumdog Blog in 2012, chronicling the real-life adventures of her lovable "whoosell" (whippet, Jack Russell and poodle cross), Plum. Emma soon gained thousands of loyal Plumdog devotees, and in 2014 a book of the blog was published by Jonathan Cape. This picture book story is the first Plumdog book for children.

All You Need is Love

by Emma Chichester Clark

Published 31 October 2019

Plum loves everyone. She loves her mummy and daddy and she especially loves her best friends, Rocket, Esther, Bean and Jakey.

Her favourite part of the day is when she chases her best friends around the park. But when new dogs try to join in, Plum isn’t so sure.

Do they really need new friends? Especially ones as big as Otto, as old as Bounder, or as tiny as Milly?

In this heartwarming tale, Plum learns what it really means to be a friend and how much fun new ones can be – especially when you give them a chance.


When Binky the cat moves in next door, Plum can't understand why everyone likes him so much. But she soon learns that there's no need to be jealous and there's plenty of love to go round.

Inspired by her hugely popular Plumdog Blog, this charming story explores how to deal with feelings of jealousy.

“Among the many flavours of children’s books, that of Emma Chichester Clark’s – funny, elegant
and delicious"– Quentin Blake