Home Farm Twins

25 primary works • 39 total works

Shelley the Shadow

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 17 February 2000

Home Farm Twins Stables 2

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 19 July 2001

Sunny The Hero

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 19 February 1997

Sunny the piglet is the runt of the litter, and if left to nature, he would die. But Home Farm twins Helen and Hannah fall in love with him and hand-rear him. Then one day he is accidentally sold and the twins are heartbroken - but Sunny saves the other pigs and returns to Home Farm.

Home Farm Twins Stables 3

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 19 July 2001

Solo The Homeless

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 1 July 1996

Solo is a loveable pony whose rider, Laura, has grown too big to ride him. Poor Solo feels left out and lonely and the twins busy themselves trying to earn enough money to buy him. But when the twins rescue Laura from a fall, her parents give Solo to them as a thank-you present.

Sophie the Show-off

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 17 June 1998

Sophie is a rescued cat with a habit of showing off. Parading by the lake in front of tourists, she slips off the ferry rail; stalking doves on a roof, she nearly takes a tumble. Now she plans to put in an appearance at a local cricket match! Can Helen and Hannah stop her?

Scruffy the Scamp

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 19 November 1997

Scruffy is an adorable mongrel puppy who is running wild. The twins keep rescuing him from scrapes, but where is his owner? The fact that Scruffy keeps escaping makes the twins think he can't be very happy. Will they be able to find him a new home by Christmas?

Smoky the Mystery

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 11 November 1998

A grey kitten turns up on Phoebe Watson's doorstep but her parents insist the kitten must go by Christmas. Hannah and Helen's efforts to help Phoebe find a new home for the kitten come to nothing, and on Christmas Eve, with the deadline fast approaching, Phoebe and the kitten disappear.

Stalky the Mascot

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 15 July 1999

On holiday with their New Zealand cousins, twins Michael and Martin McDonald, Hannah and Helen help look after Stalky, an orphaned baby kiwi. A proposed new resort near to the McDonald's house threatens the rich natural habitat of this part of the North Island's coastline. Ironically, it is to be called Kiwi Coast, latching on to the country's national emblem, yet at the same time destroying its home. Farmers and the McDonalds oppose the resort. Developers are pitched against ecologists and locals, while all the time Stalky's fate hangs in the balance...

Samantha the Snob

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 18 November 1999

Samantha, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel, is a Christmas guest at Doveton Manor. Helen and Hannah are looking forward to taking Speckle to meet the little dog, but the snobby, snappy spaniel cuts their beloved sheepdog dead. So, when the precious pooch goes missing, should they even bother to join the search?

Smarty the Outcast

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 16 November 2000

Loyal old Smarty has retired from Manor Farm Riding School and moved to a new home with the Rooneys. But Helen and Hannah are worried the pony is being ill-treated. They spot him in a windswept shelter with no rug and little protection from the cold winter weather. Should the twins offer to lend a hand or call in the RSPCA?

Spike the Tramp

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 7 October 1996

Home Farm Twins

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 19 July 2001

Helen and Hannah are pleased as punch when their very own Speckle becomes a proud dad. But a trio of lively, loveable mongrel pups brings unexpected problems - and chaos to the twins' Lakeland home. Tess is the gentlest, most vulnerable of the three pups. A crisis occurs when Tess starts chasing dangerous farm machinery. When she becomes trapped the twins go for help but on their return Tess has vanished...

Home Farm Twins

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 19 July 2001

Helen and Hannah are pleased as punch when their very own Speckle becomes a proud dad. But a trio of lively, loveable mongrel pups brings unexpected problems - and chaos to the twins' Lakeland home. Toby and Tess have already been found good homes but Titch, the comedian of the trio, is still waiting to be adopted. The twins are desperate that he should live near Home Farm - can they persuade lonely old Mr Winter, ex-headteacher and scourge of Doveton to take on Titch?

Home Farm Friends

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 15 June 2000

Old friends - new adventures! Speckle the sheepdog in a watery challenge; Scott the Shetland pony in a hospital drama; Stanley the hamster in another daring episode and Spot the dalmatian on the trail of a thief...plus other favourite characters in seven exciting new stories!

Stanley the Troublemaker

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 11 August 1998

Stanley's a champion hamster and he's favourite to win the Doveton Summer Show. But behind the scenes, rival owners are plotting, and when Stanley escapes from his cage just before judging begins, Helen and Hannah suspect foul play. The twins vow to find him - but Stanley's not so keen to be found.

Star the Surprise

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 17 June 1999

A thoroughbred foal is born at a livery stables near Doveton - surprising everyone with her early arrival! Hannah and Helen only just get there in time to watch. Now she needs special care, and the twins are willing volunteers. Left in charge while her owner is away, Star springs another surprise on them by disappearing. Has she run away, or is it theft? The twins only have twenty four hours to find out!

Home Farm Twins Snapshots

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 20 January 2000

Old friends - new adventures! Speckle (features in both BBC TV series) - A riverside picnic turns into a dramatic rescue when Speckle falls, injures himself and is in danger of being swept through rapids, over a deep waterfall...Samson (featured in BBC series 1) - Comic mishaps when Helen and Hannah volunteer to dog-sit giant Old English Sheepdog, Samson, and tiny Yorkie, Sybil. They're the little and large of the dog world, the Laurel and Hardy of Nesfield...Scott (featuring in BBC series 2) - The Saunders' Shetland pony gives rides to toddler, Joe Stott, soon to go into hospital for a major operation. The twins take photos of Scott and show them to the bed-bound Joe. Will it be enough to help the little boy recover? Stanley (featuring in BBC series 2) - The prize hamster and his overbearing owner visit Mr Winter. Major panic when Stanley trundles away inside his plastic cleaning ball - out of the cottage garden and down Doveton's Main Street...Sorrel (featured in BBC series 1) - Hannah and Helen help Sam to find good homes for Sorrel's babies...And run into trouble when the latches on David's homemade hutches prove not to be rabbit proof!
Spot (featuring in BBC series 2) - Spot is the hero when he alerts the twins to an art theft in progress at Marilyn Higham's lakeside studio. Solo (featured in BBC series 1) - The twins take their pony to a horse clinic at Laura's house. A visiting expert will teach them how to be horse whisperers! But Solo makes sure that all doesn't go according to plan...Socks (featured in BBC series 1) - The Home Farm cat finds a warm place to snuggle up on a cold winter's day. Unluckily, it's in the back of the postman's van. Van and cat disappear from the farmyard. Will the twins track them down before Socks jumps out and gets lost?

Speckle the Stray

by Jenny Oldfield

Published 20 August 1997

Speckle is just the sort of pet Helen and Hannah want - they are overjoyed. Then a gruff young man turns up. He claims to be Speckle's real owner. But the twins don't believe him. They're convinced that there is more to this man than meets the eye. Speckle, the puppy which the twins found abandoned, is now part of the family. Just as well, because when the twins catsit the mischievous Sinbad, they need all the help they can get! Especially when Sinbad disappears - has Speckle got the nose to find him?